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WINSTON BUTLER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 27, 1946 – January 5, 1971
Service recordWinston Butler JR, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 5, 1971, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 26
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- January 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1971; he was the only one lost in Kien Giang Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 26
- DENNIS LEE BUTLERCorporal · January 5, 1971
- DONALD MARTIN CRAMERChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 5, 1971
- RAYMOND R ENYEART JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 1971
- HOWARD WAYNE GIPSONSpecialist Four · January 5, 1971
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.