Buker, Brian Leroy
Army Sergeant
Brian Leroy Buker, age 20, from Albion, Maine, Kennebec county.
Parents: Opal Buker
Service era: Vietnam
Military history: Bronze Star
Date of death: Sunday, April 5, 1970
Death details: Bronze Star citation: “Two enemy bunkers completely dominated the high ground and had pinne down Brian’s company. Immediately recognizing the dangers these two bunkers posed, Brian led two squad in an assault on them. In the process of destroying the first enemy bunker, Brian was wounded by enemy small arms and rocket fire. Reorganizing his two squads, he continued on to destroy the seond bunker, was hit by enemy mortar fire and killed instantly.”
Source: National Archives, Morning Sentinel