Buckman

Buckman
Personal details
Species:	Human
Gender:	Male
Political and military information
Affiliation:	United Nations Space Command UNSC Marine Corps; ;
Rank:	First Lieutenant

For other uses, see Buck (disambiguation).

First Lieutenant Buckman was a UNSC Marine officer stationed on Reach in 2552.^[1]

BiographyEdit

During the Fall of Reach, Buckman shared command of Charlie Company with First Lieutenant Jake Chapman, commanding the sub-unit Gamma 5. On August 30, Buckman and Chapman ordered a carpet bombing by numerous Longswords to eliminate the Covenant forces attacking ODG A-331. The attack was poorly targeted, leaving a large part of the company dead.^[1] After the incident, only four members remained at Generator A-331, while Buckman and parts of Gamma 5 proceeded to defend ODG A-412.

After A-412 was overrun as well, Buckman and Gamma 5 regrouped with Gamma 1. Beta Red bought them some time by stalling a massive Covenant ground force. Buckman and Gamma 5, along with Chapman and Gamma 1, retreated and headed for a temporary evac station.^[2] Just then, three Covenant cruisers appeared over them, headed towards Beta Red's position. The UNSC Majestic was called in to perform a MAC strike on the cruisers, despite Beta Red, Gamma 1 and Gamma 5 being in the splash zone. Though the status of the rest of their units is unknown, Chapman and Buckman survived the blast.^[3]

List of appearancesEdit

Halo: First Strike (First appearance)
Halo: Reach

SourcesEdit

^ ^a ^b Halo: First Strike, page 22
^ Halo: Reach, Boardwalk radio conversation
^ Halo: Reach, Reflection radio conversation

[FS-1] Halo: First Strike, page 22

[2] Halo: Reach, Boardwalk radio conversation

[3] Halo: Reach, Reflection radio conversation

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