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FRANCIS RICHARD BUCKLEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
February 21, 1939 – December 17, 1965
Service recordFrancis Richard Buckley, of Los Angeles, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on December 17, 1965, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 20
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 21, 1939
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 17, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date December 17, 1965; nine of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 20
- JOSEPH ANTHONY CESTARICMaster Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- JOHN MONROE CHAPPELLTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 1965
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 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.