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ROGER ALLAN BUCHANAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 25, 1948 – March 27, 1967
Service recordRoger Allan Buchanan, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 27, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 56
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 56
- GARY LEE WILCOXSpecialist Four · March 26, 1967
- JOE WAYNE CHANDLERSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- DAVID ALAN DROWNSpecialist Four · March 27, 1967
- FREDERICK IRVING FRENIERPrivate First Class · March 27, 1967
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 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.