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DONALD GENE BUSSE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 29, 1949 – May 21, 1970
Service recordDonald Gene Busse, of Pontiac, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 74
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Pontiac, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 74
- LEON NELSON BOBOSpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- PATRICK FRANCIS CAWLEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 21, 1970
- ROBERT PAUL COTESergeant · May 21, 1970
- JUANITO MAIQUEZ ESCANOSergeant · May 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EDWARD GORSKEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 75
- JON WILLIAM RICHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 77
- WARREN LEE SCANLAN JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 77
From Pontiac
- WILLIAM EUGENE JACKSONSergeant First Class · February 5, 1964
- THOMAS DANIEL WHITLOCKLieutenant Colonel · November 1, 1964
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · June 23, 1966
- VICTOR RONALD HOYTSergeant · December 27, 1966
- MICHAEL LEE ELMYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1967
- GEORGE RAY FAYFIE EDWARDSSpecialist Five · May 17, 1967
- FREDERICK HUGO LIMINGAPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ANDREAS MCCURRYSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- BERNIE LEE TATESpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- BOBBY DALE STEVENSONPetty Officer First Class · October 8, 1967
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.