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RICHARD HOWARD BUZZELL
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
September 27, 1942 – December 19, 1970
Service recordRichard Howard Buzzell, of Arlington, Massachusetts, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 19, 1970, in An Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 131
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. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- September 27, 1942
- Home of record
- Arlington, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 19, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- An Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 19, 1970; four of them were lost in An Xugen Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 131
- DAROLD JETERSSpecialist Five · December 18, 1970
- ROY LEE SIMMONSSpecialist Four · December 18, 1970
- FLOYD DEAN SOLOMONCaptain · December 18, 1970
- JOSEPH W BLICKENSTAFF JRSpecialist Five · December 19, 1970
From Arlington
- JOSEPH XAVIER GRANTCaptain · November 13, 1966
- CHRISTOPHER DAREING BRINEPrivate First Class · April 16, 1967
- DAVID EDWARD WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- GLENN EDWARD HOBART IIISergeant · January 7, 1969
- ROBERT CHARLES TEDFORDSpecialist Five · March 22, 1969
- MICHAEL DENNIS CAMERLENGOSpecialist Four · November 2, 1969
- JOHN MURRAY LEAVER JRCommander · May 8, 1972
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.