Alton Lee Hornbuckle was a door gunner in a Huey helicopter that hit a power line on low recon while on convoy support. His death was listed as non-hostile. He attended Lee College at Cleveland, Tennessee.

  • Rank: Private First Class
  • Date of birth:
  • 22 December 1943
  • Date of death: 15 January 1965
  • County: Sevier
  • Hometown: Sevierville
  • Service Branch: Army
  • Division/Assignment: 145th Aviation Battalion
  • Conflict: Vietnam
  • Awards: Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster
  • Burial/Memorial Location: Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden, Etowah County, Alabama
  • Location In Memorial: Pillar XXIV, Top Panel
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