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JAMES LOUIS BUCHY
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 7, 1948 – March 13, 1968
Service recordJames Louis Buchy, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 13, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 32
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Cannoneer (0811)
- Born
- December 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 32
- RALPH LEVON WASHINGTONLance Corporal · March 12, 1968
- KENNETH MAURICE WATKINSLance Corporal · March 12, 1968
- EDGAR WILLIAM BLANKENSHIPSpecialist Four · March 13, 1968
- LYTELL B CHRISTIANStaff Sergeant · March 13, 1968
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 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.