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MARVIN JEAN BUTTERFIELD
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
March 14, 1937 – August 30, 1969
Service recordMarvin Jean Butterfield, of Penryn, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 10
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Cargo Helicopter Pilot (100C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 14, 1937
- Home of record
- Penryn, California (Placer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1969; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 10
- RICHARD MICHAEL ARNOVITZFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1969
- RONALD BRUCE CHURANFirst Lieutenant · August 30, 1969
- DUANE ALAN CLEFISCHSpecialist Four · August 30, 1969
- ROBERT VERNON GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 30, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT VERNON GRAYChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 18W, Line 10
- JAMES FRANKLIN MOTTSpecialist Five · Panel 18W, Line 11
- GREGORY NEESE TRIMNALSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 12
- SCOTT MITCHELL VERNERSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 12
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.