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MICHAEL ANDREW BUSTAMANTE
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 18, 1949 – November 9, 1969
Service recordMichael Andrew Bustamante, of Pacoima, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 9, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 48 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 48
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Pacoima, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 9, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date November 9, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 48
- ARIEL JAMES SMITHSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
- TOMAS C TUCKERStaff Sergeant · November 8, 1969
- RODNEY CARL TURNERSpecialist Four · November 8, 1969
- MICHAEL GENE BUCKMASTERPrivate First Class · November 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DONALD HOMER DWIGGINS JRCaptain · Panel 16W, Line 49
From Pacoima
- WILLIAM GARCIASpecialist Four · November 1, 1966
- LUIS OLMOSPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- RODERICK CHARLES PORTELLOStaff Sergeant · January 24, 1967
- JAMES EDWARD ADAMSSpecialist Four · February 21, 1967
- HOWARD DEXTER GERSHENPrivate First Class · February 23, 1967
- WARREN H SCHROBILGEN JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- RONALD JAMES PERKINSLance Corporal · November 17, 1967
- RAYMOND BARELA PALMAPrivate First Class · December 27, 1967
- DANIEL JOHN VILLEGASPlatoon Sergeant · February 11, 1968
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · May 9, 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.