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LIONEL BUTLER SR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 1, 1931 – February 7, 1968
Service recordLionel Butler SR, of Tacoma, Washington, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 37E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 1, 1931
- Home of record
- Tacoma, Washington (Pierce County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Tín Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 37E, Line 79
- WILLIE HOWARD ADGERLance Corporal · February 7, 1968
- RAYMOND BROWNSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- RONALD HOWARD BROWNCaptain · February 7, 1968
- RICHARD BURBACHFirst Lieutenant · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES EDWIN BENNETTSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 78
- ISMAEL HOLGUINSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 84
- ANGEL MARTINEZCorporal · Panel 38E, Line 6
- ROGER DILLON MCQUAYCorporal · Panel 38E, Line 8
- LEWIS JEWETT NEWBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 8
- GORDON JOHN WETJENSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 18
From Tacoma
- LOUIE GENE FRITTSPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- JOHN SHAW SABINE IVCaptain · March 30, 1966
- EDGARDO CACERESLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- HOWARD ANTHONY MESOYEDZGunnery Sergeant · June 2, 1966
- GARY RICHARD HOLTPrivate First Class · June 24, 1966
- JIMMY GENE BRAISPrivate First Class · August 10, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL MOORESeaman Apprentice · November 1, 1966
- RAY NIXONSergeant · February 26, 1967
- DONALD L PENDERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- MAX PAUL STARKELCaptain · March 23, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.