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RAY B DEBUSK JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1946 – December 21, 1966
Service recordRay B Debusk JR, of Odessa, Texas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 31, 1946
- Home of record
- Odessa, Texas (Ector County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1966; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 67
- TIMOTHY EUGENE CLARKCorporal · December 21, 1966
- SPOTSWOOD DEWITTFirst Lieutenant · December 21, 1966
- GEORGE RAY DURHAMPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- MARVIN THOMAS HUGHESSergeant · December 21, 1966
From Odessa
- JAMES EVERETT LANESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- BOBBY LYNN EATONLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- PHILLIP ARTHUR BRANNONLance Corporal · September 15, 1966
- HARRY GILES BROCKPetty Officer Third Class · November 15, 1966
- RANDALL DAVID JARRELLLance Corporal · December 10, 1966
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROGELIO SAUCEDOPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- REYNALDO SALINE FERNANDEZCorporal · May 19, 1967
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- DOMINGO MUNOZSergeant · July 28, 1967
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.