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JOSEPH MICHAEL BUCHANAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1948 – March 13, 1969
Service recordJoseph Michael Buchanan, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 13, 1969, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 27
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 13, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 13, 1969. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 27
- THOMAS ALLEN ZIMMERMANPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- JAMES THEODORE ANDERSONPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
- DOUGLAS WYATT BICESpecialist Four · March 13, 1969
- DON RAYLAN BREWERPrivate First Class · March 13, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT THOMAS ORRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 31
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.