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JACK LYNN BUCHANAN
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 9, 1947 – September 1, 1967
Service recordJack Lynn Buchanan, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 1, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 76
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Warehouse Clerk (3051)
- Born
- October 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date September 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 76
- GERALD JASON ROBERTS JRCorporal · August 31, 1967
- RICHARD ROCKENSTYRELance Corporal · August 31, 1967
- CLIFFORD L WENCKERPrivate First Class · August 31, 1967
- BENNIE LEE WESTCorporal · September 1, 1967
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.