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MERLE FLOYD BUTLER II
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
December 9, 1947 – February 24, 1969
Service recordMerle Floyd Butler II, of Lakewood, New York, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 24, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 32
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Lakewood, New York (Chautauqua County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 24, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date February 24, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 32
- JON BAILEYSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- MORRIE CURTISS BARBERCorporal · February 24, 1969
- LARRY LEE BROOKSSpecialist Four · February 24, 1969
- THOMAS JON BURGESONLance Corporal · February 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JON BAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 32
- WILLIAM C CLINGER IIICorporal · Panel 31W, Line 33
- THOMAS ALFRED GARMANSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 35
- ANGUS W MCALLISTER JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 31W, Line 38
- JIMMY LEE MYERSSergeant First Class · Panel 31W, Line 38
- RICHARD WAYNE FORDSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 39
From Lakewood
- RANDALL JOHN GUSTAFSONPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
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.