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DONALD RICHARD BUSHONG
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 14, 1946 – July 14, 1968
Service recordDonald Richard Bushong, of Troy, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Troy, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 26
- DENNIS DEE ANDREWSFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
- FRANK LEROY AUTENLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- HENRY DUANE BANKSCaptain · July 14, 1968
- WARREN KEITH BROWNFirst Lieutenant · July 14, 1968
From Troy
- STANLEY LEROY MOORECorporal · June 11, 1966
- MICHAEL JON MARSHMANPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZELINSKIPrivate First Class · November 19, 1967
- HAROLD JOHN KLUSENDORFLance Corporal · August 23, 1968
- EDWARD MICHAEL RUDITYSCorporal · February 24, 1969
- J C REELPrivate First Class · March 26, 1969
- RONALD JAMES KILLINGPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- LARRY HOWARD BRINKEYSpecialist Five · May 6, 1969
- THOMAS MARK MCMAHON JRSpecialist Four · December 5, 1969
- RONALD KEITH KELSEYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1970
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.