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JOHN RICHARD BUSCHMANN
Major · U.S. Air Force
March 12, 1931 – March 26, 1969
Service recordJohn Richard Buschmann, of New York, New York, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 26, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 43
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- March 12, 1931
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; four of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 43
- WALTER CLAY BOOTHCaptain · March 26, 1969
- JESSE CARL BOWMANTechnical Sergeant · March 26, 1969
- OWEN DAVIS BROWN JRSpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
- EDDY RAY CASEYPrivate · March 26, 1969
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.