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GARY WAYNE BUCHANAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 13, 1947 – November 26, 1969
Service recordGary Wayne Buchanan, of Stroud, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 124
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Stroud, Oklahoma (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 124
- TIMOTHY ERNEST BADOSTAINSpecialist Four · November 26, 1969
- EDWARD THOMSON DAVIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 1969
- CLIVE GARCIA JRSergeant · November 26, 1969
- WILLIAM ANDREW KUHNKECaptain · November 26, 1969
From Stroud
- DONALD JOE HALLChief Master Sergeant · February 6, 1967
- EDWARD MORRISSpecialist Five · June 16, 1967
- CHARLES RANDELL CORNETTPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- LARRY GENE PREWITTSpecialist Four · October 10, 1969
- EARL ROY LESTER JRSergeant · June 14, 1971
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.