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MONTY DUWAYNE BUTTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 16, 1945 – May 3, 1967
Service recordMonty Duwayne Button, of Coos Bay, Oregon, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 3, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Coos Bay, Oregon (Coos County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 22
- JAMES DAVID BORAWSKIPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TROY MONROE CARNLINELance Corporal · May 3, 1967
- ROBERT HARDY CARRPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- JOSEPH CAUDILLOCaptain · May 3, 1967
From Coos Bay
- GEORGE ALFRED HOLLADAYSergeant · July 15, 1967
- ROBERT ROLAND WATROUSCorporal · August 16, 1967
- RICHARD LEE DOOLEYPrivate First Class · December 15, 1967
- EDGAR JOHN UDELLSpecialist Four · December 25, 1967
- DENNIS CARL SHIVELYLance Corporal · March 24, 1968
- GRADY RAY NELSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD CAVANAGHPetty Officer Second Class · June 2, 1969
- JAMES RAY MUTHPrivate First Class · March 7, 1970
- JOHN CHARLES STRAUSERSergeant First Class · February 2, 1971
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.