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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Dale Buswell.

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ROBERT DALE BUSWELL

Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy

January 29, 1949 – July 26, 1969

Service record

Robert Dale Buswell, of Willamina, Oregon, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on July 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 20W · Line 47

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Unit (as recorded)
1 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
Born
January 29, 1949
Home of record
Willamina, Oregon (Polk County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 26, 1969
Age
20
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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34 names on the Wall carry the date July 26, 1969; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 20W, Line 47

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.