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JOHN FRANCIS BUESCHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 17, 1943 – September 26, 1970
Service recordJohn Francis Buescher, of Covington, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 26, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 92
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1943
- Home of record
- Covington, Kentucky (Kenton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 26, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date September 26, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 92
- FREDERICK PHILLIP BROYLESSpecialist Four · September 26, 1970
- DONALD DWIGHT CRAW JRCaptain · September 26, 1970
- DONALD ALLEN HALL JRSergeant · September 26, 1970
- JOHN RAY HELMSStaff Sergeant · September 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ANTHONY OGRIZEKCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 94
- JOSEPH ANTHONY SILVAFirst Lieutenant · Panel 7W, Line 94
- RICHARD ALLEN TAYLORSpecialist Five · Panel 7W, Line 94
From Covington
- WILLIAM JOSEPH GALLAGHERPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- LOUIS R RANDALLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1966
- CARL WILLIAM MUELLERSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DONATUS JOSEPH GEILENCorporal · February 28, 1967
- JAMES LOUIS ANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 3, 1967
- FRANK BELLEW DUNFORD IIIStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1967
- JEFFREY SCOTT AKERHospitalman · January 18, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD RETSCHULTELance Corporal · January 21, 1968
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · February 2, 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.