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BERNARD LUDWIG BUCHER
Major · U.S. Air Force
February 28, 1922 – May 12, 1968
Service recordBernard Ludwig Bucher, of Eureka, Illinois, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 12, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 31
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 377 CBT SPT GP
- Born
- February 28, 1922
- Home of record
- Eureka, Illinois (Woodford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 12, 1968
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
97 names on the Wall carry the date May 12, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 58E, Line 31
- DAVID ALLISON BRENTCorporal · May 12, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BRONCZYKSergeant · May 12, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · May 12, 1968
- JOHNNIE CARTER JRSergeant First Class · May 12, 1968
From Eureka
- RICHARD JAMES RHODESSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DENNIS LEE CLYMERSpecialist Four · July 18, 1970
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.