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DALE RYAN BUXTON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 10, 1952 – August 1, 1970
Service recordDale Ryan Buxton, of Rangeley, Maine, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 1, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 74
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 10, 1952
- Home of record
- Rangeley, Maine (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 1, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 1, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 74
- JAMES WILLIE BLACKMONMaster Sergeant · August 1, 1970
- DAVID LEON CAPLANSecond Lieutenant · August 1, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH HOOPERSpecialist Five · August 1, 1970
- RALPH WOMMACK HUNTPrivate First Class · August 1, 1970
From Rangeley
- NEIL BROOKS TAYLORLieutenant (junior grade) · September 14, 1965
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.