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HERMAN DALE BUCHANAN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 22, 1949 – December 11, 1969
Service recordHerman Dale Buchanan, of Pittsburg, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 11, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 46
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Pittsburg, Texas (Camp County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date December 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 46
- REGINALD J SUTHERLANDCorporal · December 10, 1969
- RONALD JAMES TAYLORPetty Officer Third Class · December 10, 1969
- DAVID ANTHONY WEIRCorporal · December 10, 1969
- CHARLES PAUL AUVESecond Lieutenant · December 11, 1969
From Pittsburg
- DANIEL L CHAPPELLStaff Sergeant · October 26, 1965
- MORRIS CALVIN MILES JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1970
- CLYDE THOMASCorporal · March 15, 1971
- STARLING G HAWKINSSergeant · January 14, 1972
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.