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RENE ALDO BULLER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 20, 1948 – March 27, 1969
Service recordRene Aldo Buller, of Houston, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 57
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 20, 1948
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 57
- WAYNE MONEYMAKERTechnical Sergeant · March 25, 1969
- JERRY BAXTERWarrant Officer 1 · March 27, 1969
- WILLIAM BRENT BELLFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1969
- LARRY EDWARD CHRISTIEPrivate First Class · March 27, 1969
- WILLIAM DEBRECE CODYFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE ANGLINSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 56
- DIMITRIOS G ARNIOTISSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 56
- WILLIAM DEBRECE CODYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 57
- EVERETT T CULPPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 58
- LOUIS KRIMMIT DIXONSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 58
- JOSEPH JAMES DOBYNESSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 59
- DAVID ELWOOD FLANNERYSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 60
- LEONARD CLARENCE IVY JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 60
- OSCAR GIBSON JOHNSON JRPrivate First Class · Panel 28W, Line 61
- ALLISON WAYNE LOCKLAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 61
- BOBBY JOE WALTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 64
- LESLIE WAYNE WORLSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 65
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 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.