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BENJAMIN JOHN J BUCHANAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1949 – January 1, 1970
Service recordBenjamin John J Buchanan, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 1, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 114
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date January 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 114
- GARY LEE DEMPSEYSecond Lieutenant · January 1, 1970
- ROY WILLARD GODOWNSSergeant · January 1, 1970
- ROGER KENNETH GREENWAYStaff Sergeant · January 1, 1970
- HENRY CHESTER KLINGERSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE DEMPSEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 15W, Line 114
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 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.