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JOHN ROBERT DUSBABEK
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 16, 1946 – February 2, 1966
Service recordJohn Robert Dusbabek, of Waterville, Minnesota, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 132 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 132
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Waterville, Minnesota (Le Sueur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 132
- RICHARD SMITHCorporal · August 24, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- CRAIG SLADE BLACKNERCaptain · February 2, 1966
- JOHN IRWIN CAMERONAirman First Class · February 2, 1966
- SIDNEY JOHN ELYEASpecialist Four · February 2, 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.