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CHARLES FREDERICK BUFF
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 1, 1938 – June 6, 1967
Service recordCharles Frederick Buff, of Lakeland, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Duty Soldier (57A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 1, 1938
- Home of record
- Lakeland, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 95 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 61
- DAVID WILLIAM CLOUTIERPrivate First Class · June 6, 1967
- FREDERICK H ELIZONDOWarrant Officer 1 · June 6, 1967
- WILLIAM CLAYTON GUNTERLance Corporal · June 6, 1967
- DARRELL W HEATHERLYSergeant · June 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- BILLY LEE TOBIASSpecialist Four · Panel 21E, Line 64
From Lakeland
- DONALD FREDERICK WEINMANSergeant · January 13, 1966
- DORSE RIGGSStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1966
- KENNETH RAY TEMPLESCorporal · June 19, 1966
- JAMES ROY PEARSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- JOHN ANDREW SCHOLLARDPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- ISUM MERRILL WALKERCorporal · April 10, 1967
- JAMES HARRELL WALLERSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIE GENE DYERCorporal · June 3, 1967
- CHARLES R PITTSFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1967
- HARRY RAY WHITE JRSpecialist Four · December 10, 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.