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ELWIN HARRY BUSCH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
January 11, 1932 – June 9, 1967
Service recordElwin Harry Busch, of Cape Girardeau, Missouri, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 9, 1967, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 77
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- January 11, 1932
- Home of record
- Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Cape Girardeau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967; two of them were lost in Ninh Thuan Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 77
- GLENN ALLEN WATKINSCorporal · June 8, 1967
- HOWARD LEE WEBBSergeant · June 8, 1967
- HERMAN RAY CULLStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- GEORGE RICHARD DARNELLCorporal · June 9, 1967
From Cape Girardeau
- GARY LEROY SCHEMELPrivate First Class · September 26, 1965
- ROBERT RAYMOND GREGORYLieutenant Colonel · December 2, 1966
- JOHN SHELBY BURFORDMajor · August 30, 1967
- ROBERT LEE TAYLOR JRCorporal · March 8, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD FINLEYPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- TERRANCE LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · January 4, 1969
- STEPHEN BLAKE PEELSpecialist Four · August 7, 1969
- ROBERT DALE MCFALLSergeant · March 10, 1970
- EARL WATSON THARP JRSpecialist Five · June 26, 1970
- BILLY JACK HOGAN JRSergeant · November 29, 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.