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MICHAEL GENE BUCKMASTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 18, 1950 – November 9, 1969
Service recordMichael Gene Buckmaster, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 9, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 48
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Automotive Mechanic (3516)
- Born
- December 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 48
- ARIEL JAMES SMITHSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
- TOMAS C TUCKERStaff Sergeant · November 8, 1969
- RODNEY CARL TURNERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
- MICHAEL ANDREW BUSTAMANTECorporal · November 9, 1969
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.