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RICHARD CURTIS BUSBY JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 15, 1948 – June 30, 1968
Service recordRichard Curtis Busby JR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 30, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 15, 1948
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1968; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 22
- LARRY D AUSTINPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- ARTHUR CLAY BALLEWPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- GORDON FRANCIS BROWNEPrivate First Class · June 30, 1968
- WILLIAM C WHITEHEAD JRMajor · June 30, 1968
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.