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JOSEPH BUSUTTIL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 4, 1947 – December 30, 1967
Service recordJoseph Busuttil, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 30, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 2
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 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1967; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 2
- SCOTT HOWARD COOKPrivate First Class · December 30, 1967
- RAY DELGADOCorporal · December 30, 1967
- HENRY LEO GEDDIS JRCorporal · December 30, 1967
- RICHARD GERALD GODBOUTSergeant · December 30, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.