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ROBERT DAVID BUCHANAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1946 – October 14, 1967
Service recordRobert David Buchanan, of Bristol, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 14, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 107
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
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Bristol, Virginia (Bristol (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date October 14, 1967; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 107
- ROBERT JAMES BURROUGHSSpecialist Four · October 14, 1967
- ROGER GARYLEE CAREYPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- DENNIS ALLEN CARLSONPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
- LOUIS COLSTON JRPrivate First Class · October 14, 1967
From Bristol
- JAMES E BOWERSSergeant · August 18, 1966
- CHARLES LONG FAULKNERFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- MICHAEL LANE CHARLESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1968
- JAMES BRYON FARMER IILance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- LONNIE MORRIS BURCHETTPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- CHARLES C BUCHANANCorporal · August 28, 1969
- GUY THOMAS DENTONPetty Officer Second Class · March 16, 1970
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.