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MACK C BUSTLE JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 23, 1946 – March 8, 1970
Service recordMack C Bustle JR, of Statesville, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 8, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 95
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Statesville, North Carolina (Iredell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 8, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date March 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Read the history
Also on Panel 13W, Line 95
- THOMAS JAMES WHITLOW JRCorporal · March 7, 1970
- DONALD RAY WISHONCorporal · March 7, 1970
- CHARLES EDWARD BROOKSPetty Officer First Class · March 8, 1970
- THOMAS LOUIS BUDDIFirst Lieutenant · March 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROCKY YUKIO HIROKAWASergeant · Panel 13W, Line 96
- JAMES EDWARD HYLMONCorporal · Panel 13W, Line 97
- DOUGLAS ROBERT JONESSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 97
From Statesville
- MURRAY SIMS MOSELEYSpecialist Four · April 30, 1966
- JOHNIE WAYNE MCLAINPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CAMPBELLSergeant · July 25, 1967
- WILLIAM EDDIE HOCKERCaptain · September 5, 1967
- GEORGE LAXLEY MYERSSergeant · December 12, 1967
- ELBERT HENRY MAXWELLPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- RONALD JAY MCCOYPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- EUGENE MORGAN SUTTON JRSergeant · May 19, 1968
- ARDREY WATTS BARRINGER JRPrivate · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM THEODORE ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · August 25, 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.