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ROBERT WALTER BUCKLEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 26, 1948 – May 20, 1969
Service recordRobert Walter Buckley, of Uniondale, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 58
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Uniondale, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; three of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 58
- EDWARD ALLEN BROOKSPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
- JOE THOMAS CONKLEFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1969
- LARRY FLOYD DODDSSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- DONOVAN RUSSEL FLUHARTYSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES BENJAMIN SHELBYSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 61
- RAYMOND MACK SHINELDECKERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 61
- GUADALUPE ESPARZA MONTOYASpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 63
From Uniondale
- CHARLES PRESTON TUTHILLCorporal · October 8, 1963
- PETER NEWELL ANDERSONSergeant · November 30, 1967
- WALTER ALBERT OWENSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1967
- ROBERT DANIEL FACCIOCorporal · October 12, 1968
- BRENDAN XAVIER TURNERPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- THEODORE F BENVENUTO JRPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- RICHARD THOMAS MORRISSEYCaptain · August 19, 1969
- RICHARD MILTON COLE JRTechnical Sergeant · June 18, 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.