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GILBERT EDWARD BUCHANAN
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 31, 1948 – April 18, 1968
Service recordGilbert Edward Buchanan, of Danville, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1948
- Home of record
- Danville, Indiana (Hendricks County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 39
- UDO HANNIGANPrivate · April 18, 1968
- EARLIE HENRY HICKS JRPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- MICHAEL PETER HOUGHPrivate First Class · April 18, 1968
- TAYLOR BROOKS HOWARD JRStaff Sergeant · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE GAYRAL ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 36
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN ELDRIDGEPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 38
- MICHAEL PETER HOUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 39
- THOMAS JUNIOR LAWSONSpecialist Five · Panel 50E, Line 40
- ROBERT JAMES SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 41
- JAMES VERDELL SOLOMONSpecialist Four · Panel 50E, Line 41
- FREDERICK DEVILLA WESCOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 43
From Danville
- TERRY ALAN HOFFMANCorporal · August 19, 1968
- MICHAEL LYNN MITCHELLSpecialist Four · February 7, 1969
- GEORGE L KLEIBER JRFirst Lieutenant · September 4, 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.