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RICHARD RUSSELL BUTTRY
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1949 – November 18, 1970
Service recordRichard Russell Buttry, of Anaheim, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 66
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Gse Refrigeration Mechanic (6078)
- Born
- January 31, 1949
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1970; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 66
- LARRY ALBERT DAHMSPetty Officer Third Class · November 17, 1970
- DENNIS EUGENE STECKERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1970
- ROGER STANLEY URBANIPrivate First Class · November 17, 1970
- RUSSELL GLEN DANIELSPetty Officer Second Class · November 18, 1970
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 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.