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ROY OTIS BUCHANAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 4, 1948 – August 8, 1969
Service recordRoy Otis Buchanan, of Cochranton, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 111
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Cochranton, Pennsylvania (Crawford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 111
- MILFORD MARVIN TOGNAZZINIPetty Officer First Class · August 7, 1969
- JAMES ARTHUR WINFREYCorporal · August 7, 1969
- CHARLES WESLEY ADAMSSpecialist Four · August 8, 1969
- DONALD PRIESTER CANDLERSecond Lieutenant · August 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES WESLEY ADAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 111
- DONALD PRIESTER CANDLERSecond Lieutenant · Panel 20W, Line 111
- HARRY GARRIGUSSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 113
- RICHARD JOHN NOLDINCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 114
- RICHARD RALPH OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 20W, Line 114
- STANLEY ROBERT RAJALACorporal · Panel 20W, Line 115
From Cochranton
- JAMES HENRY JARZENSKISergeant · November 4, 1965
- ROBERT LESLIE BROWNLance Corporal · August 19, 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.