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LARRY RUSSELL BUSICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 11, 1946 – September 20, 1970
Service recordLarry Russell Busick, of Fraser, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 20, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 76
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- May 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Fraser, Michigan (Macomb County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 20, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 20, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 76
- LARRY GLENN BALDWINWarrant Officer 1 · September 20, 1970
- FRANCO DIANIPrivate First Class · September 20, 1970
- WILLIAM THOMAS DOTSON IIISergeant · September 20, 1970
- DAN OWEN FELTSSergeant · September 20, 1970
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEE ABRAHAMSONCorporal · Panel 7W, Line 75
From Fraser
- THOMAS ALLEN LANEPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1967
- BENJAMIN LEE HOOPENGARNER JRSpecialist Four · December 7, 1968
- LEONARD MICHAEL ACKERMANSeaman · March 20, 1970
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.