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TERRENCE EDWIN BUTLER
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 23, 1944 – August 19, 1968
Service recordTerrence Edwin Butler, of Ozone Park, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 19, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 52
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1944
- Home of record
- Ozone Park, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 19, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date August 19, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 52
- GARY ALAN BARNESSpecialist Four · August 19, 1968
- STEVEN KEITH BRANDENBURGCorporal · August 19, 1968
- BRUCE CLAYTON BROGOITTISergeant · August 19, 1968
- THEOTHIS COLLINSLance Corporal · August 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIE STEPHEN FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 54
- ROY ARBEN HARBAUGH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 54
- AUBREY RUDOLPH HENLEYStaff Sergeant · Panel 48W, Line 55
- TERRY ALAN HODGESSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 55
- DWAYNE ELBERT KEVERSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 57
- ALVIN HUGH LANGFORDSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 57
- JOE EDDIE LOFTONSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 57
- DENNIS LEE MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 2
- JACK POOLA PASHANOSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 2
- RICHARD RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 3
- FREDERICK VERNON SEABORNEPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 4
- RENE SERRANOPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 4
- LEONARD EARL SEXTONPrivate First Class · Panel 47W, Line 4
- JOHN VINCENT VEARAFirst Sergeant · Panel 47W, Line 5
- ARTHUR WATSONSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 5
From Ozone Park
- ANTHONY CAPRIGLIONEPrivate First Class · July 2, 1966
- ALFRED GEORGE KIRCHERStaff Sergeant · May 25, 1967
- GASPER ORLANDOPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- ANDREW JAMES TOPORCER JRCorporal · November 28, 1968
- SIGMOND MICHAEL SIKORSKISpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- JULIUS PHILIP PIGNATAROPrivate First Class · March 28, 1969
- ROSS ANGELO TROVATOSpecialist Four · June 27, 1971
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.