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FRED BUFFINGTON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 28, 1948 – June 30, 1968
Service recordFred Buffington, of Smyrna, Georgia, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 30, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 25
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 28, 1948
- Home of record
- Smyrna, Georgia (Cobb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 25
- LAWRENCE BRENDAN RYANCaptain · June 30, 1968
- GEORGE ANTHONY SCORSONESergeant · June 30, 1968
- GERALD LEROY WALTERSPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- WILLIAM T ANDERSEN JRSergeant First Class · July 1, 1968
From Smyrna
- TROY DAVID PAYNE JRCorporal · April 26, 1967
- PAUL EDWARD KELLY JRPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE WOODPetty Officer Third Class · July 21, 1967
- JAMES LARRY WESTSpecialist Four · February 20, 1968
- GARY WILLIAM PAINTERPrivate First Class · February 28, 1968
- TERRY LEE MULKEYPrivate First Class · June 5, 1968
- CHARLES DANIEL SMITHLance Corporal · June 15, 1968
- WILBUR LAWRENCE MILAM IIIPrivate First Class · February 10, 1969
- RONALD HERBERT HOWARDPrivate First Class · March 16, 1969
- MICHAEL ROBERT GLENNSpecialist Four · February 11, 1970
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.