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ROBERT D BUTLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1945 – September 15, 1966
Service recordRobert D Butler, of Victoria, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 96
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 9, 1945
- Home of record
- Victoria, Texas (Victoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 43 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 96
- WILBUR EUGENE SWINDELLStaff Sergeant · September 14, 1966
- LARRY GLEN THRASHERLance Corporal · September 14, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL CATESergeant · September 15, 1966
From Victoria
- LOUIS BELL TWINN SRSergeant First Class · December 31, 1965
- FRANCISCO LUNAStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- LOUIS WAYNE TERRELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- RICHARD PETER RUIZSergeant · October 2, 1967
- EDWARD EARL HARSON JRFirst Lieutenant · November 1, 1967
- JOHNNY VILLARREALSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
- JAMES LEE SCHERERPrivate First Class · January 3, 1968
- BILLY CARROLL BOLTONCorporal · January 30, 1968
- CLARENCE F MAAS IIISergeant · February 18, 1968
- JULIAN SOLIZCorporal · May 3, 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.