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KEITH CHARLES BUCKINGHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 27, 1946 – February 25, 1969
Service recordKeith Charles Buckingham, of Minneapolis, Minnesota, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 44
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 27, 1946
- Home of record
- Minneapolis, Minnesota (Hennepin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 44
- MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER BURNSPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS CALANDRINOSergeant · February 25, 1969
- FRANCIS WARREN CODYSpecialist Four · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS NEIL GROSESergeant · February 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 31W, Line 52
- JAMES ELROY TITUSSergeant · Panel 31W, Line 59
From Minneapolis
- WILLIAM EDWARD SWANSONLieutenant · April 11, 1965
- MICHAEL JOHN ULICSNIPetty Officer First Class · September 8, 1964
- DENNIS LEROY PIERSONPrivate First Class · June 26, 1965
- DON GLENN KNOWLTONWarrant Officer 1 · October 20, 1965
- ROGER MICHAEL MANNIESergeant · October 28, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- DAVID LEONARD UGLANDSecond Lieutenant · November 8, 1965
- WILLIAM MARTIN SAVORENLance Corporal · November 25, 1965
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK RAMAKERSpecialist Four · December 10, 1965
- THOMAS NEWTON SLOANTechnical Sergeant · December 17, 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.