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JIMMY LEE BUSSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 17, 1947 – February 6, 1967
Service recordJimmy Lee Bussey, of Thomaston, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 127
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Thomaston, Georgia (Upson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 127
- ROGER VINCENT PAUL BURKECorporal · February 6, 1967
- GEORGE J CARRILLO JRSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- GILMORE WILSON CHRISTYSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- LARRY EDWARD CROSSLance Corporal · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL W ARRINGTON JRCorporal · Panel 14E, Line 126
- DONALD RAY BAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 126
- SAMUEL JUNIOUS BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 126
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 128
- WILLIAM EARL GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 129
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 130
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 2
From Thomaston
- PERRY LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- DAVID ADOLPHUS TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- EUGENE OLIVER OWENBYCorporal · May 19, 1967
- THURLO MERIDA MCCLURECorporal · August 16, 1967
- GEORGE RONALD FULLERCorporal · February 19, 1968
- JOSEPH LAMAR JORDANPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- RICKY GENE HARRISONPrivate First Class · August 23, 1968
- THOMAS GERALD DICKERSONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1968
- ROY ARNOLD CARROLLSpecialist Four · April 22, 1969
- BILL JAKE DUPREESpecialist Five · April 27, 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.