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WAVERIE HUGH BUCHANAN
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 3, 1948 – March 17, 1967
Service recordWaverie Hugh Buchanan, of Dorchester, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 17, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 100
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
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Dorchester, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1967; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 100
- JAMES HAROLD BRAXTONPrivate · March 17, 1967
- JERRY MICHAEL CHUNGESSpecialist Four · March 17, 1967
- JOHN JAMES CONWAYPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
- JEFF CURRETHERSPrivate First Class · March 17, 1967
From Dorchester
- JACK RABINOVITZCorporal · February 23, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH KELLY JRSergeant · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL DAVID BURTPrivate First Class · June 1, 1966
- THOMAS JOSEPH KANEPrivate · September 21, 1966
- JOSEPH ROBERT WALLENLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- MARK MICHAEL MCLAUGHLINPrivate First Class · February 18, 1967
- FREDERICK ALFRED MCMAHONCorporal · May 4, 1967
- GERALD FRANCIS MCDONALDCorporal · May 26, 1967
- JOHN PATRICK COLLOPYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1967
- KEVIN ANTHONY PORTERFirst Lieutenant · November 21, 1967
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.