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JOHN BUSSEY WALLER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
December 9, 1947 – March 27, 1969
Service recordJohn Bussey Waller, of Berkeley, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on March 27, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 64
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Berkeley, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 27, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 27, 1969; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 64
- CLYDE SEILERMajor · March 27, 1969
- ANTHONY JOHN URRUTIAFirst Lieutenant · March 27, 1969
- RODNEY ALLEN VORESpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
- BOBBY JOE WALTERSSpecialist Four · March 27, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JERRY BAXTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 57
- WILLIAM BRENT BELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 28W, Line 57
- BARD ELTON DAVENPORTWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 58
- HENRY FLOYD FAIRCLOTHSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 58
- ALLAN G HARPERSergeant · Panel 28W, Line 60
- WILLIAM DON POTTERWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 63
- SAMUEL ALBERT ROBERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 28W, Line 63
From Berkeley
- ZOLTAN ALAJOS KOVACSWarrant Officer 1 · June 10, 1965
- DONALD HUBERT BROWN JRLieutenant (junior grade) · August 12, 1965
- WINFIELD WADE SISSONColonel · October 18, 1965
- PHILIP MICHAEL CALLANPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- KENNETH ROBBINS CAMERONCaptain · May 18, 1967
- MICHAEL JAMES HARECorporal · June 17, 1967
- CHARLES RICHARD MULLAN JRHospitalman · June 28, 1967
- DONALD LEROY GASSERPrivate First Class · August 29, 1967
- ALLEN HIDEO HARANOPrivate First Class · February 6, 1968
- JAMES OSCAR WESTPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
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.