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GILBERTO BUSTAMANTE
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 10, 1949 – September 11, 1969
Service recordGilberto Bustamante, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 67
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 67
- JOSEPH SAMUEL BURRIS IIIPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
- REGINALD TYRONE BYRDSpecialist Four · September 11, 1969
- JOHN HOLMES CAMP JRCaptain · September 11, 1969
- THOMAS R MCDONALD JRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALFREDO EDWARDO AVILESCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 66
- JOHN HOLMES CAMP JRCaptain · Panel 18W, Line 67
- WOODROW JOHNSEN EWALD JRCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 68
- KENNETH WAYNE FIELDSCorporal · Panel 18W, Line 68
- GEORGE FRANKLIN MCGEECorporal · Panel 18W, Line 70
- ALFREDO PACOLBASergeant First Class · Panel 18W, Line 71
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
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.