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RANDOLPH TODD BUTLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 1, 1947 – January 9, 1968
Service recordRandolph Todd Butler, of St Petersburg, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 5
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 1, 1947
- Home of record
- St Petersburg, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1968; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 5
- SISTO BOJORQUEZ BOJORQUEZPrivate · January 9, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES BRUNNERSpecialist Four · January 9, 1968
- LEE MARVIN CAPERSSergeant · January 9, 1968
- GEORGE STEPHEN SEHISergeant · January 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TYLER WILLIAM COBB JRSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 6
- HAROLD JAMES WESOLICK JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 34E, Line 12
From St Petersburg
- PETER R COYMANStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- JOHNIE KING CULBREATHSpecialist Four · May 11, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM BARKSDALESergeant · November 6, 1965
- ARTHUR R MOODY IIISergeant · November 17, 1965
- WILLARD FRANCIS ELDERSergeant · December 27, 1965
- ROBERT CARLOS BOWMANSergeant · January 25, 1966
- MICHAEL THOMAS MURPHYPrivate First Class · June 10, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
- DAVID YOUNGSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- LAWRENCE CHRISTIAN CLAUSENSpecialist Four · February 15, 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.