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JOSEPH WILLIAM BUCHANAN
Major · U.S. Air Force
September 28, 1932 – November 13, 1968
Service recordJoseph William Buchanan, of Broadford, Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on November 13, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 58
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
- Regular
- Born
- September 28, 1932
- Home of record
- Broadford, Virginia (Smyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1968; seven of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 58
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BRANIN JRCorporal · November 13, 1968
- PATRICK JOHN CARROLLPrivate First Class · November 13, 1968
- ANTHONY THOMAS CULOTTACorporal · November 13, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM HARNESSSergeant · November 13, 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.