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LEON CHRIST BUEHLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 23, 1948 – April 4, 1968
Service recordLeon Christ Buehler, of Red Bud, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 59
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Red Bud, Illinois (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1968; 21 of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 96 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 59
- ERNEST LARRY BRIDGESStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1968
- MATTHEW JOSEPH BUONOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- JESSE CLARENCE BURROUGHPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- RICHARD JOSEPH CALLStaff Sergeant · April 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JESSE CLARENCE BURROUGHPrivate First Class · Panel 47E, Line 59
- KEVIN GEORGE CANNONCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 1
- CLIFFORD LEONARD FAULLSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 2
- JOSE SALUSTINO GARZASergeant · Panel 48E, Line 2
- ROBERT ORAL GIRDNERPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 3
- WILLIAM EDWARD GRACEPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 3
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · Panel 48E, Line 4
- CECIL R HOBBS JRSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 4
- DONALD BLAIR PAYSOURCorporal · Panel 48E, Line 8
- ROBERT RICHARD PERRINSSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 8
- MIKE RAYMOND RASBERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 9
- ROBERT HENRY RANGES JRSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 10
- MORRIS RAYMONE SHEPARD JRSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 11
- FAUSTINO TREVINOPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 12
- STEVE MAURICE TRIVELPIECECorporal · Panel 48E, Line 12
- LUTHER TOMMY WILDERSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 13
- JON MICHAEL YOUNGSpecialist Five · Panel 48E, Line 14
From Red Bud
- WILLIAM KARL COLEGATEPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- DANIEL RAY KETTMANNPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- GLENN EDWARD NICHOLSONPlatoon Sergeant · May 5, 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.