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ROBERT EDWARD BUTLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 24, 1948 – December 1, 1966
Service recordRobert Edward Butler, of Utica, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 132
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 24, 1948
- Home of record
- Utica, New York (Oneida County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1966
- Age
- 18
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 132
- STEPHEN WAYNE DAYPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- FORREST PITTMAN DICKEYSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- XAVIER FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK GALVINSpecialist Five · December 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- LEWIS ALBANESEPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 131
- DENNIS EUGENE BENEDETTISpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 131
- WILLIAM RAYMOND BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 131
- STEPHEN WAYNE DAYPrivate First Class · Panel 12E, Line 132
- XAVIER FERNANDEZSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 132
- GEORGE LOUIS GAVARIASpecialist Five · Panel 13E, Line 1
- ALLAN JOSEPH NELSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 1
- CLIFFORD SMITHCaptain · Panel 13E, Line 2
From Utica
- FRANCIS WILLIAM RUCH IIPrivate First Class · April 27, 1966
- GREGORY CHESTER BIELICKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- THOMAS GEORGE JONESPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- EDWARD MARK BRADYLance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JOHN JACOB LAWENDOWSKIMajor · October 26, 1967
- LAWRENCE MARTIN JENNINGSCorporal · January 19, 1968
- JOHN ARTHUR FELSHAWPrivate First Class · January 27, 1968
- JOSEPH STANLEY ZAWTOCKI JRStaff Sergeant · February 8, 1968
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- VAN LASALLE RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · December 9, 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.