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MIKE GARCIA BUSTOS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 10, 1942 – June 28, 1965
Service recordMike Garcia Bustos, of Huntington, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 28, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 21
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Huntington, Indiana (Huntington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 28, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 28, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 2E, Line 21
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- CARL EDWIN JACKSONCaptain · June 27, 1965
- BILLIE LEROY ROTHStaff Sergeant · June 27, 1965
- JERRY RAY CAMPBELLPrivate · June 28, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JERRY RAY CAMPBELLPrivate · Panel 2E, Line 21
From Huntington
- THOMAS WARDROP IIIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LLOYD D PINKERTONPrivate First Class · January 10, 1967
- JAMES RICHARD PAULSergeant · February 5, 1967
- FLOYD RUSSELL NOEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- RICHARD ALAN SCHEIBERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1967
- GARY MICHAEL ARCHIBALDPrivate First Class · April 17, 1968
- ROBERT FRANKLIN ELSTONSergeant · April 30, 1970
- RONALD EDWIN ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · June 3, 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.