Phillip Edward Buch, age 25, from Las Cruces, New Mexico, Dona Ana county.
Parents: Emily Buch-Hague and Joseph Buch
Service era: Cold War
Schools: Las Cruces Mayfield High (1982), Purdue University
Date of death: Wednesday, April 19, 1989
Death details: Killed in accidental explosion aboard the USS Iowa just off Puerto Rico
Source: Iowa Daily Press, UPI, Associated Press (1989)