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TERRY WAYNE BUCKLER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
May 27, 1947 – June 18, 1966
Service recordTerry Wayne Buckler, of Fenton, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 18, 1966, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 59
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
- Shore Party Specialist (1381)
- Born
- May 27, 1947
- Home of record
- Fenton, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1966; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 59
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- MICHAEL VANCILPrivate First Class · June 17, 1966
- BARRY RONALD WALKERPrivate First Class · June 17, 1966
- LARRY EUGENE WASHBURNAirman Second Class · June 17, 1966
From Fenton
- EDWARD JOHN CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MAX EDWARD NIMPHIE JRCorporal · May 5, 1968
- LEE FRANCIS JONESPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- ARNOLD LEE ROY MULHOLLANDPrivate First Class · November 21, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN MILKSSergeant · November 23, 1968
- DONALD MAURICE STOTTSSpecialist Four · March 28, 1971
- RAYMOND LEE GOODCHILDSpecialist Four · October 31, 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.