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DENNIS BUCKLEW
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 30, 1950 – August 28, 1971
Service recordDennis Bucklew, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1971, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 4
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 30, 1950
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In August 1971, 116 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 4
- ROBERT ALLEN BEAVERSSpecialist Five · August 28, 1971
- WILLARD J BOUCHARD JRPrivate · August 28, 1971
- FRANK LEON BROWNINGPrivate · August 28, 1971
- STEPHEN LOUIS GARISpecialist Four · August 28, 1971
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.