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ALTON LEE HORNBUCKLE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 22, 1943 – January 15, 1965
Service recordAlton Lee Hornbuckle, of Sevierville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 81
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- UTT 68 MACV
- Born
- December 22, 1943
- Home of record
- Sevierville, Tennessee (Sevier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1965
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1965. In January 1965, 18 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 81
- CHARLES EDWARD FULTONAirman First Class · January 2, 1965
- GEORGE CARL BIGLEYSergeant First Class · January 3, 1965
- JAMES FLOYD RAYCaptain · January 9, 1965
- WILLIAM THOMAS REACHFirst Lieutenant · January 9, 1965
From Sevierville
- ESTEL HUSKEYLance Corporal · May 4, 1966
- CARROLL DAVID ABBOTTSpecialist Four · October 29, 1966
- RANDY RALPH COGDILLPrivate First Class · October 28, 1967
- HARRY GAINES HODGESConstructionman · January 14, 1968
- JERRY MCCARTERPrivate First Class · June 15, 1969
- DANNIE ARTHUR CARRSpecialist Four · July 3, 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.