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RONALD IVAN BUCHANAN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 25, 1944 – July 19, 1969
Service recordRonald Ivan Buchanan, of Sioux City, Iowa, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 19, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 21
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 25, 1944
- Home of record
- Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 19, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 19, 1969; three of them were lost in Long An Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 21
- CARROL FAYNE MEADOWSSergeant First Class · July 19, 1969
- DONALD KENNETH MINKSpecialist Four · July 19, 1969
- MACK LEE MITCHELLCorporal · July 19, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MITCHELLSergeant · July 19, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD MICHAEL LUEBKERTCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 20
From Sioux City
- DUANE MICHAEL NELSONPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- VERNON GLENN CHASEPrivate First Class · February 21, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD BROWNPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- RONALD HARRY KAISERPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- FREDERICK WILLIAM LENNONSpecialist Four · October 17, 1966
- KENNETT KEITH SCOTTLance Corporal · October 19, 1966
- ROBERT ERNEST HARRISLieutenant Colonel · November 9, 1966
- JEFFREY MARTI KROMMENHOEKLieutenant Commander · October 25, 1967
- KELLY FRANCIS COOKColonel · November 10, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH BOESHARTSergeant · December 15, 1967
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.