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CHARLES FRANCIS BUSBY
Senior Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
June 9, 1920 – October 23, 1966
Service recordCharles Francis Busby, of Shelbyville, Indiana, served as a Senior Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 23, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 100
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. Navy
- Rank
- Senior Chief Petty Officer (SCPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Boatswain's Mate (BM)
- Born
- June 9, 1920
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Indiana (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 23, 1966
- Age
- 46
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date October 23, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 100
- WILLIAM HARLEY MEANS JRColonel · July 20, 1966
- JOHN COLEMAN ARDISStaff Sergeant · October 23, 1966
- SAMUEL J BAKERCaptain · October 23, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRANDSpecialist Four · October 23, 1966
- GARY BERNARD FLABBIPrivate First Class · October 23, 1966
From Shelbyville
- EDWARD CLARENCE HANDLYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- LAURIE LEON ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1966
- MICHAEL EUGENE DEBUSKSergeant · January 20, 1968
- ANTHONY RAYMOND LUXCorporal · October 18, 1968
- RICHARD DALE JAMESCorporal · December 8, 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.