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CHARLES C BUCHANAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 14, 1947 – August 28, 1969
Service recordCharles C Buchanan, of Bristol, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 127
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Bristol, Virginia (Bristol (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 127
- LARRY GENE BELLPetty Officer Third Class · August 28, 1969
- JOHNNY STEVE BOSSERLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- BILLY JOE CAUDILLPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
- SALUM EDWARD CHARD JRLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
From Bristol
- JAMES E BOWERSSergeant · August 18, 1966
- CHARLES LONG FAULKNERFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- ROBERT DAVID BUCHANANPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- MICHAEL LANE CHARLESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- JAMES BRYON FARMER IILance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- LONNIE MORRIS BURCHETTPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- GUY THOMAS DENTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 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.