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WALTER HERBERT BUCKA JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 15, 1941 – February 6, 1970
Service recordWalter Herbert Bucka JR, of Ambridge, Pennsylvania, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 106 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 106
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- June 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Ambridge, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 106
- ALLEN MELVIN HUTCHINSONCorporal · February 5, 1970
- RONALD JAMES CHAPMANSergeant · February 6, 1970
- WILLIAM RONALD CULVERPrivate · February 6, 1970
- JACKY LEE DRURYSpecialist Four · February 6, 1970
From Ambridge
- SAMUEL LIGHTMANPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
- BENNIE JOE PAOLANTONIOSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH POTTER JRLieutenant Colonel · December 29, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM SETHSpecialist Four · September 14, 1968
- FRANK ALBERT SKOCICHPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- LOUIS RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · December 20, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY OGRIZEKCorporal · September 26, 1970
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.