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HARRY LUTHER BUCHER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 3, 1936 – May 9, 1970
Service recordHarry Luther Bucher, of Northumberland, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 9, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 4
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 584 ENG CO 577 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- February 3, 1936
- Home of record
- Northumberland, Pennsylvania (Northumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1970; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 4
- FRANKIE CARL VASSAURCorporal · May 8, 1970
- BILL DUAYNE CARPENTERSergeant · May 9, 1970
- CHRISTOPHER J CHILDS IIISpecialist Five · May 9, 1970
- DAVID JOSEPH CORPUSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1970
From Northumberland
- WILLIAM EUGENE RODKEYCorporal · August 24, 1967
- RAY THOMAS COMFORTPrivate · April 13, 1968
- LEROY JAMES WESTRAWarrant Officer 1 · May 25, 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.