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WILLIAM REINHART BUFF
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 1, 1946 – August 30, 1966
Service recordWilliam Reinhart Buff, of Bloomington, Illinois, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 30, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 57
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Wireman (2511)
- Born
- November 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Bloomington, Illinois (Mclean County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 57
- KENNETH DALE ROBINSONColonel · June 16, 1966
- SAMMIE DON HOFFMajor · July 23, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH CONNORSPrivate First Class · August 30, 1966
- JOHN THOMAS DEMALINESergeant · August 30, 1966
From Bloomington
- GEORGE ELMER BURCHETTStaff Sergeant · September 18, 1965
- THOMAS LEO HOENIGESSergeant · June 8, 1967
- WILLIAM WALTER LITTLE IIICorporal · November 7, 1967
- DONALD EUGENE MONKMANPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- TIMOTHY LEE WHITESpecialist Four · February 2, 1968
- ROBERT GENE PINKSTONStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1968
- OMAR DAVID JONESFirst Lieutenant · May 12, 1968
- GARY CECIL BAIZEPrivate First Class · August 19, 1968
- THOMAS CARLYLE JACOBSWarrant Officer 1 · September 13, 1968
- BERNARD JAMES COOKSpecialist Four · September 17, 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.