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PETER MARK BUTLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 5, 1943 – January 31, 1968
Service recordPeter Mark Butler, of Glens Falls, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 89
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 5, 1943
- Home of record
- Glens Falls, New York (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 34 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa 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 35E, Line 89
- LESTER EUGENE BROWNPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ARCHIE BURNETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM LEON BUSBYFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1968
- HOWARD EARL BUTTONSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL LEONARD HOLIDAYSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 15
- RICHARD ALBERT JACKSONStaff Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 17
- VERNON H CHRISTOFFER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 21
From Glens Falls
- ALBERT BOYD AYRESMajor · February 24, 1967
- JAMES JOHN BATESCorporal · March 19, 1967
- JOHN FRANCIS PEZZULOCorporal · March 21, 1967
- HOWARD EUGENE BEAGLESergeant · April 10, 1967
- JOSEPH LEONARD COLOTTISpecialist Four · April 19, 1967
- ROBERT OWEN BARRYLance Corporal · May 16, 1967
- JAMES WARREN VANTASSELLCorporal · July 5, 1968
- GERALD EDMUND HAMMOND JRPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1969
- MICHAEL DIMITRI BALAMOTIMajor · November 24, 1969
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.