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ERIC PETER BUSCH
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
February 5, 1945 – August 7, 1970
Service recordEric Peter Busch, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on August 7, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 90
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 Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Quality Control Supervisor (67W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1970; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 90
- JOHN NELSON CRAWFORD JRSpecialist Six · August 7, 1970
- GORDON ALAN DADISMANPrivate First Class · August 7, 1970
- JOHN HARPER EVANS JRAirman · August 7, 1970
- JAMES FRANCIS GILLIESFirst Lieutenant · August 7, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN NELSON CRAWFORD JRSpecialist Six · Panel 8W, Line 90
- ROBERT WILLIAM MACNAUGHTFirst Lieutenant · Panel 8W, Line 92
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.