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JAMES ELSON BUCHANAN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 8, 1946 – November 3, 1969
Service recordJames Elson Buchanan, of Laurel, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 22
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
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Laurel, Mississippi (Jones County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 22
- JOEL ARNOLD BALCOMPetty Officer Third Class · November 3, 1969
- WILLIAM THEODORE BROWNSergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- FLOYD JOSEPH CRAIGMYLECorporal · November 3, 1969
- FRANKLIN THEODORE JAMESSecond Lieutenant · November 3, 1969
From Laurel
- PORTER THAD DAVISSergeant First Class · November 26, 1965
- ROBERT BUFORD JACKSONStaff Sergeant · September 21, 1966
- LARRY JAMES MCDONALDPrivate First Class · August 25, 1967
- GLENN GATES JACKSMajor · October 19, 1967
- COLBEN BENJAMIN STOKES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- FREDERICK DONALD MCCARTYSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- ELMER DEAN HILLSpecialist Five · April 28, 1968
- THOMAS JERRY WALTERSCorporal · May 27, 1968
- ARTHUR HARMONPrivate First Class · July 6, 1968
- ANTHONY JEROME PORTISCorporal · August 15, 1968
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.