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SAMMY BUFFINGTON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 17, 1945 – December 26, 1967
Service recordSammy Buffington, of Barnesville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 26, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 32E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Barnesville, Georgia (Lamar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 26, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date December 26, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 32E, Line 61
- RAYMOND SPENCER ADAMSSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- LANCE BRYAN BARTONLance Corporal · December 26, 1967
- MICHAEL EDWARD BERDYCaptain · December 26, 1967
- WILLIE T BRICKHOUSE JRMajor · December 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL RAY RICEPrivate First Class · Panel 32E, Line 65
From Barnesville
- EDDIE MORRIS MANNPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- CARLTON HARVEY HOODLance Corporal · May 27, 1968
- ARTHUR BLAKE CREWSSergeant · September 24, 1968
- MILTON JACKSON BUSHSergeant · May 18, 1969
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.