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JOHN GARY BUCHANAN
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
May 9, 1946 – December 24, 1970
Service recordJohn Gary Buchanan, of Evansville, Indiana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 4
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Evansville, Indiana (Vanderburgh County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 4
- BAIN WENDELL WISEMAN JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 23, 1970
- PAUL JOHN DAMATO JRSpecialist Four · December 24, 1970
- SAMUEL EUGENE DICKPrivate First Class · December 24, 1970
- GREGORY WAYNE FELKERSpecialist Four · December 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- TERRENCE L HARRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 5W, Line 5
- WILLIAM EDWARD MCLEANPrivate First Class · Panel 5W, Line 5
From Evansville
- DAVID EUGENE GILLCorporal · September 2, 1965
- GERALD THOMAS JENKINSSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
- GENE EDMOND DAVISChief Master Sergeant · March 13, 1966
- CHARLES DOYLE OGLESBYSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- THOMAS MICHAEL KOCHPrivate First Class · May 28, 1966
- DAVID EMERSON HALLLance Corporal · August 16, 1966
- LEWIS ELI BONNIESergeant First Class · November 8, 1966
- MICHAEL EARL DENTPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- CHARLES ALBERT MCDANIELSPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
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.