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MACCURTIS BUCKLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 11, 1945 – July 5, 1968
Service recordMaccurtis Buckley, of Center, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 53W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 53W · Line 16
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 11, 1945
- Home of record
- Center, Texas (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1968; three of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 53W, Line 16
- JERRY PAUL BARBEEPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- HARRY WAYNE BASS JRPrivate First Class · July 5, 1968
- ISIDRO SIGFREDO BAZANSpecialist Four · July 5, 1968
- RICHARD SAMUEL BROWNCorporal · July 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT BURTON JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 53W, Line 20
From Center
- WILLIAM LARRY ANDREWSSpecialist Four · February 16, 1967
- LARRY STEPHEN BYFORDPrivate First Class · June 23, 1967
- JERRY LYNN HUGHESSergeant · July 12, 1967
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.