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VICTOR PATRICK BUCKLEY
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
August 4, 1944 – December 16, 1969
Service recordVictor Patrick Buckley, of Falls Church, Virginia, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 16, 1969, in North Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Lieutenant (LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Unit (as recorded)
- DET 19 63 SQ
- Born
- August 4, 1944
- Home of record
- Falls Church, Virginia (Falls Church (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1969. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in North Vietnam, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
Also on Panel 15W, Line 61
- DAVID BENTON THOMPSONPrivate First Class · December 15, 1969
- JOE DAVID WRIGHTCorporal · December 15, 1969
- OSCAR LEE BRITTENUM JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 16, 1969
- ALLEN ANTHONY BULLARD JRSpecialist Four · December 16, 1969
From Falls Church
- LYELL FRANCIS KINGCaptain · February 18, 1966
- GEORGE EVERETT PERRY IIICaptain · June 17, 1966
- GEORGE EMILE HONSELance Corporal · January 8, 1967
- ERNEST MICHAEL BEAUCHAMPLance Corporal · March 4, 1967
- CHARLES CHRISTOPHER BONNETFirst Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH SUTTONLance Corporal · July 2, 1967
- WALTER TASMAN EADSPetty Officer First Class · July 29, 1967
- THOMAS FRANCIS REGANFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1967
- DARRELL RAYMOND UMHOLTZPrivate First Class · February 29, 1968
- PETER FRANCIS DONNELLFirst Lieutenant · April 26, 1968
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.