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JAMES IRVING BUCHNER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 31, 1942 – January 23, 1968
Service recordJames Irving Buchner, of Hamburg, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 23, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1942
- Home of record
- Hamburg, New York (Erie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 23, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date January 23, 1968; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 14
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- NERY JACINTO BRENESSergeant · January 23, 1968
- ALBERT L CAMPFIELDSpecialist Four · January 23, 1968
- TOMMY LEE CARPENTERStaff Sergeant · January 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JAMES MAYNARD BERGESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 13
- HILAIRE ALBERT ANDRY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 14
- RONNIE JOE ESKEWSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 15
- JOHN FORMAN LOBSINGERSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 16
- LEE ANDRES LUALLINPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 16
- DONALD GORDON MACINTOSHSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 17
- JOSEPH STANLEY MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 17
From Hamburg
- JOEL ANDREW BROWNPrivate First Class · March 10, 1967
- HERBERT CHARLES RICECaptain · March 29, 1967
- ALLEN KENNETH DEARDENPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN SWIECZKOWSKISergeant · May 20, 1968
- RONALD LAWRENCE SHATTUCKSergeant · December 30, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES KEELERSergeant · December 1, 1969
- DENNIS PATRICK CALLAGHANCorporal · May 6, 1970
- RICHARD D MASSARICaptain · June 12, 1970
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.