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ELMER LEVERNE BUCHANAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 18, 1947 – September 24, 1966
Service recordElmer Leverne Buchanan, of Muncie, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 8
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Muncie, Indiana (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 8
- GERALD JOSEPH BANNACHSergeant First Class · September 24, 1966
- ROBERT CHARLES HAUSERPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- BURNS WINSHIP KNOWLTON JRPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- REXFORD ADELBERT LAROCKLance Corporal · September 24, 1966
- EDWIN JOSEF LUCKSTEADSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EARNEST EBELCaptain · Panel 11E, Line 7
- WAYNE EDWIN ELLISONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 11E, Line 7
- EDWIN JOSEF LUCKSTEADSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 8
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 11
From Muncie
- NEIL BERNARD MCKINNEYFirst Lieutenant · September 2, 1963
- ROBERT LEWIS CLARKStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
- EDWARD C ZIMMERMAN JRLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- GLENDON LEE AMMONColonel · September 21, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH CAREYSergeant · January 26, 1967
- HARVEY GRANT HOWE JRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- ALAN CRAIG SHROYERPrivate First Class · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES DUANE SAYLORSpecialist Four · March 12, 1967
- OSWALD CLAYTON SOUTH JRSpecialist Four · March 20, 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.