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CRAIG HAROLD BUELL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
May 9, 1944 – February 12, 1968
Service recordCraig Harold Buell, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 12, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 39E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39E · Line 2
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 9, 1944
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 12, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date February 12, 1968; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 30 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39E, Line 2
- WILLIAM JOHN BLOCKPrivate First Class · February 12, 1968
- JOHN NELSON BROCKMANSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- HARRY WILLIS BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1968
- BERTRAM ARNOLD BUNTINGMajor · February 12, 1968
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.