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JIMMY LEE BUCKLEY
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
March 25, 1935 – August 21, 1967
Service recordJimmy Lee Buckley, of Sac City, Iowa, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He was lost on August 21, 1967, in China, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · 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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- March 25, 1935
- Home of record
- Sac City, Iowa (Sac County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- August 21, 1967
- Country
- China
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 21, 1967. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in China, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 22
- FRED HORATIO GATES IILieutenant Commander · August 19, 1967
- ISIDRO BACAPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- EDWARD LEE BOBOSergeant · August 21, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD BOEHLERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- CLARENCE LAWRENCE CHASESpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
From Sac City
- GERALD CLAUDE MCKEENHospitalman · September 24, 1966
- RANDALL GAYLORD FREEMANWarrant Officer 1 · December 14, 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.