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FRANK HENRY BUCK
Fireman · U.S. Navy
June 17, 1947 – December 21, 1967
Service recordFrank Henry Buck, of Wenonah, New Jersey, served as a Fireman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 21, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 34
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. Navy
- Rank
- Fireman (FN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Fireman (FN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MOBILE RIVERINE FORCE TF 117 SQ 9 ASLT DIV 92
- Born
- June 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Wenonah, New Jersey (Gloucester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 34
- RONALD STEWART ALLEN IIIStaff Sergeant · December 21, 1967
- RUDOLPH JOHN BILLIOTPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- JAMES HOMER BROWNPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
- DANIEL SCOTT BUKALAPrivate First Class · December 21, 1967
From Wenonah
- ELMER FRANKLIN POWELLPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD VAUSESpecialist Four · July 2, 1966
- VERNON POST JRLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- KENNETH WILLIAM MOKUAU JRLance Corporal · January 22, 1969
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.