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ROBERT EARL BUTLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 28, 1943 – January 20, 1968
Service recordRobert Earl Butler, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 90
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 90
- JOHN JOSEPH MOORESpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- GERALD ARNOLD OTOOLECorporal · January 20, 1968
- GUILLERMO BAUTIS PAGADUANSeaman · January 20, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE PARHAMPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES HENRY BASS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 83
- RONALD GATES CAMPBELLSpecialist Five · Panel 34E, Line 84
- DAVID ANTHONY DECOSTESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 85
- ANTHONY JOSEPH HENDERSONSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 87
- GERALD N HUNTERPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 87
- ALLISON A WESTBROOKS JRSpecialist Five · Panel 35E, Line 1
- EULIS NEIL WILKES JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 1
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.