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BYRON HALEY BUSHAY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 12, 1944 – November 4, 1966
Service recordByron Haley Bushay, of Fullerton, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Fullerton, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 4, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date November 4, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 19
- WILLIAM SANFORD BUTLER JRSpecialist Four · November 4, 1966
- CESARIO CALDERONPrivate First Class · November 4, 1966
- RICHARD BUCK CARLSONSergeant · November 4, 1966
- BARRY BERNDT MYHRFireman Apprentice · November 4, 1966
From Fullerton
- THOMAS HOWARD HAWKINGFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT ALL NORTHERNPrivate First Class · November 13, 1966
- CHARLES PATRICK KELLYPrivate First Class · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL LOUIS BROWNINGLance Corporal · October 24, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN FLEERCaptain · February 8, 1968
- ROBERT ALLAN LEEMANLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · April 15, 1968
- JAMES PATRICK CRAWFORDCorporal · May 26, 1968
- THOMAS CAMPBELL BAMFORDSpecialist Five · August 7, 1968
- DANIEL CARDENAS JRLance Corporal · August 18, 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.