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ROBERT ALLEN BUTZ
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 15, 1939 – June 26, 1965
Service recordRobert Allen Butz, of Easton, Pennsylvania, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 26, 1965, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 20
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Tank Officer (I) (1802)
- Born
- August 15, 1939
- Home of record
- Easton, Pennsylvania (Northampton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1965
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1965; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 20
- ARTHUR BARNETT EUSTACE JRSergeant · June 26, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- FREDERICK JAY SCHWANGERCorporal · June 26, 1965
From Easton
- CHESTER EUGENE WORMAN JRLance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS RICHARD ANDREWLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- ROBERT CRITCHLEY KELLERFirst Lieutenant · October 16, 1966
- WALTER WALTON HARINGStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ALAN WAYNE BONNEYPrivate First Class · May 25, 1967
- MICHAEL STEPHEN GOZDANSecond Lieutenant · October 6, 1967
- RICHARD LEE WHITTEKERCaptain · March 27, 1968
- ALBERT SHILLERCorporal · April 2, 1968
- TERRY JAMES RAMPULLALance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- WILLIAM TERRY GIBSONPrivate First Class · June 18, 1968
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.