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MICHAEL EUGENE DEBUSK
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 14, 1943 – January 20, 1968
Service recordMichael Eugene Debusk, of Shelbyville, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 14, 1943
- Home of record
- Shelbyville, Indiana (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 169 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 85
- DAVID ANTHONY DECOSTESpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- RICK DUANE DEEDSLance Corporal · January 20, 1968
- GARY LAWRENCE ELIACorporal · January 20, 1968
- JOHN ERNEST ESTENPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- EDWARD W TIBBETTSSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM STEVE CALHOUNPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 84
- GARY LAWRENCE ELIACorporal · Panel 34E, Line 85
- JOHN ERNEST ESTENPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 85
- ANDY GARNICASergeant · Panel 34E, Line 86
- JOSE BENJAMIN HERRERASpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 87
- GENE MARLOW KOSELSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 88
- EDWARD KUBISKYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 88
- LEO EDWARD MICHAUDPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 89
- JOHN JOSEPH MOORESpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 90
- JAMES WAYNE PARHAMPrivate First Class · Panel 34E, Line 90
- ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 92
- PETER LORENZ WOODSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 1
From Shelbyville
- EDWARD CLARENCE HANDLYCaptain · January 25, 1966
- LAURIE LEON ALEXANDERStaff Sergeant · August 14, 1966
- CHARLES FRANCIS BUSBYSenior Chief Petty Officer · October 23, 1966
- ANTHONY RAYMOND LUXCorporal · October 18, 1968
- RICHARD DALE JAMESCorporal · December 8, 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.