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REUBEN BUTCHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 2, 1943 – May 14, 1966
Service recordReuben Butcher, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 58
- NORMAND JOSEPH ASHTON JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- MICHAEL CHAVEZ DARCYLance Corporal · May 14, 1966
- JOHN SEVIER DAVISPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- BOBBY JOE JACOBSPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
Same unit, same day
- NORMAND JOSEPH ASHTON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 58
- PAUL WILLIAM MALECSergeant · Panel 7E, Line 59
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
- GERALD DUNNLance Corporal · July 8, 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.