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CHARLES ARTHUR BUSINDA
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 18, 1950 – April 19, 1970
Service recordCharles Arthur Businda, of Orrtanna, Pennsylvania, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 23
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Orrtanna, Pennsylvania (Adams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 23
- MICHAEL JOHN VAGNONEStaff Sergeant · April 18, 1970
- WILLIAM ROBERT WALBRIDGEPrivate First Class · April 18, 1970
- ROBERT ALBERT WALLCorporal · April 18, 1970
- JOSEPH A BOBANICH JRSergeant · April 19, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LAWRENCE LOUIS HENSEY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 24
- CLARENCE EDWARD UMSTOTSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 26
- STANLEY WILENSKI JRSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 26
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.