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THOMAS FREDERICK BUHR
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
January 13, 1944 – May 23, 1968
Service recordThomas Frederick Buhr, of Ft Wayne, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 66E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 66E · Line 5
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 13, 1944
- Home of record
- Ft Wayne, Indiana (Allen County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 66E, Line 5
- JERRY DEAN WRIGHTStaff Sergeant · May 22, 1968
- JAMES LEON ZIMMERPrivate First Class · May 22, 1968
- TOM PERRY ACTONGunnery Sergeant · May 23, 1968
- JOHN ERNEST ALBANESE JRSergeant · May 23, 1968
From Ft Wayne
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- JOHN EDWARD KINGCaptain · December 11, 1964
- MERLE O VANALSTINEStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1965
- MERLIN EUGENE MARQUARDTLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- TERRY TIM WRIGHTPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- DONALD ROSS GRIBLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALLACESergeant · February 14, 1966
- STEPHEN EUGENE LAIERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1966
- MAJOR ARNOLD JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- MARIO CLAYTON KITTSCorporal · March 5, 1966
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.