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STEVE BUTOROVIC
Corporal · U.S. Army
April 6, 1943 – May 2, 1968
Service recordSteve Butorovic, of San Pedro, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 3
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 6, 1943
- Home of record
- San Pedro, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
113 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 3
- RONALD BUKOWSKIPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT BURKEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- WILLIE C CLARKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- WALTER K CLEVELANDLance Corporal · May 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EVANS BLANE CROCKER JRSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 4
- JOHN EDMON HAWTHORNSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 8
- EDWARD LOUIS MUNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 13
From San Pedro
- PAUL JOSEPH MARQUEZSpecialist Four · September 9, 1965
- DONALD STEPHEN NEWTONSergeant First Class · February 26, 1966
- MOLIMAU ASOMALIU TELASergeant · April 13, 1966
- DOUGLAS ELLSWORTH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
- RALPH PAUL VILLEGASPrivate First Class · September 6, 1967
- FREDDIE JOE CIGARPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
- LAWRENCE PINALESLance Corporal · July 4, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR HEEPLieutenant · August 24, 1968
- DAVID PATRICK DOLANLance Corporal · January 26, 1969
- JOHN ANTHONY BURICH JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
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.