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WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 16, 1945 – February 7, 1966
Service recordWilbert Rudolph Butler, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 9
- CARLOS BETANCOURT-MOJICAStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- RALPH BYRDSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- GENE E CHEPELYPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARLOS BETANCOURT-MOJICAStaff Sergeant · Panel 5E, Line 9
- DAVID J BROADHEADPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 9
- RALPH BYRDSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 9
- RICHARD GUINN CROSSLANDSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 10
- PRINCE CHARLES CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 10
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · Panel 5E, Line 10
- JAMES ALTON GARDNERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 11
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 11
- HERMAN LEROY HUEYSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 11
- SYLVESTER JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 11
- LEE ALLEN JAMES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 12
- FREDERICK PETER LANGERSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 12
- HAROLD JOSEPH MARRIETTASergeant · Panel 5E, Line 12
- ALFRED LEWIS JOHNSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 13
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 13
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · Panel 5E, Line 13
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · Panel 5E, Line 14
- MORRIS JAMES POWELLSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 14
- THOMAS SALAS RIVERASpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 14
- JIM BRUCE ROBISONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 14
- DUANE VIRGIL OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 15
- KENNETH RUSHPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 15
- JOHN FRANCIS SANFORDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 15
- GEORGE JERRY SHUFELTPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 15
From Wilmington
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 1967
- ELMORE BRITTINGHAM JRStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1967
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.