BUTLER CHARLES KING

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Name: 1LT Charles King Butler
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 12/28/1969 while performing the duty of Aircraft Commander.
Age at death: 24.7
Date of Birth: 03/30/1945
Home City: Charlottesville, VA
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-364
Flight class: 68-36
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 15W-102
Short Summary: Died when CH-46A crashed into Hai-Van Pass at night under IFR conditions.
Aircraft: CH-46A tail number 153379
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7562 = Pilot CH-46 Qualified
Started Tour: 04/21/1969
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - pilot
Length of service: 02
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Non-hostile - died of other causes
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Protestant - no denominational preference
Burial information: OLIVE BRANCH CEMETERY, BRUNSWICK CO, VA
This record was last updated on 07/31/2000


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