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JAY Q BUCKWALTER III
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 6, 1949 – June 2, 1968
Service recordJay Q Buckwalter III, of Manheim, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 10
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
- Motor Vehicle Operator (3531)
- Born
- March 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Manheim, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 10
- HARRY JOSEPH BEADLE JRLance Corporal · June 2, 1968
- STEPHEN WESLEY BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 2, 1968
- CONLEY ARLEN BRADSHAWSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
- GERALD FRANCIS BROWNSpecialist Four · June 2, 1968
From Manheim
- MARTIN G SAUBLE JRPrivate · December 31, 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.