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THOMAS EDWARD BUCKLEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 3, 1944 – September 16, 1968
Service recordThomas Edward Buckley, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 2
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
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1944
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 80 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 2
- ANDREW THOMAS BROWNPrivate · September 16, 1968
- JOSEPH RAYMOND BROWNSergeant · September 16, 1968
- LAWRENCE GEORGE BRYANPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
- PAUL BUSTAMANTEPrivate First Class · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH RAYMOND BROWNSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 2
- RALPH WARREN KUCHCINSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 6
- LOWELL EUGENE LUNZMANNSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 6
- JAMES RAY MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 7
- ALFRED VINCENT SCHOFIELDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 43W, Line 9
- ANTHONY ROBERT SIGNASpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 9
- DONALD EUGENE GLIMESergeant · Panel 43W, Line 10
- DALE ARTHUR MORROWSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 10
- ARNOLD BRUCE WIMBERLYStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 11
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.