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GREGORIO C BUSTOS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 31, 1945 – July 3, 1968
Service recordGregorio C Bustos, of Warren, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 3, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 40
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Electronic Systems Technician A-4/Ta-4/Oa-4 (6332)
- Born
- July 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Warren, Indiana (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1968; 18 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 54W, Line 40
- JAMES EDWARD ANDREWSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1968
- RONALD LEE BELLINGERSpecialist Four · July 3, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES BILENSKIStaff Sergeant · July 3, 1968
- JIMMIE HANKERSONPrivate · July 3, 1968
From Warren
- DARYL LEE LOWERYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1969
- THOMAS DAVID PERRYStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1969
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.