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RICHARD DEAN BUCKLES
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 2, 1950 – February 17, 1971
Service recordRichard Dean Buckles, of Bloomington, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 112
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1971; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 112
- RALPH NATHANIEL PATTILLOLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1971
- JAMES MARTIN SIMONSpecialist Four · February 16, 1971
- JAMES HUBERT STAFFORDSergeant First Class · February 16, 1971
- GORDON ALAN STOAKLEYStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL PATRICK DAMONCorporal · Panel 5W, Line 113
- RICHARD ERWIN STUDIERPrivate · Panel 5W, Line 113
From Bloomington
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- WILLIAM REINHART BUFFCorporal · August 30, 1966
- THOMAS LEO HOENIGESSergeant · June 8, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER LITTLE IIICorporal · November 7, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE MONKMANPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- TIMOTHY LEE WHITESpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT GENE PINKSTONStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- OMAR DAVID JONESFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- GARY CECIL BAIZEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- THOMAS CARLYLE JACOBSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 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.