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WALTER DENNIS BUSCHLEITER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 14, 1945 – July 4, 1967
Service recordWalter Dennis Buschleiter, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 4, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22E · Line 122
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Mortarman (0341)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- August 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; 20 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “HS CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22E, Line 122
- BENNY ELLIS SEABOURNEAirman First Class · July 3, 1967
- TONY AHINZOWSergeant · July 4, 1967
- CLINTON H ANDERSON JRSecond Lieutenant · July 4, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD BALL IIILance Corporal · July 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LEE HYSONLance Corporal · Panel 23E, Line 3
- RONALD DAVID REYESPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 7
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.