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RONALD DEAN BUSBY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 11, 1947 – August 8, 1968
Service recordRonald Dean Busby, of Columbus, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 28
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Columbus, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 28
- MARSHALL DAVID WOLFORDCorporal · August 7, 1968
- FRANK DAVID ADAMSPrivate First Class · August 8, 1968
- CHARLES DENNIS BARTLETTSpecialist Five · August 8, 1968
- LEE TILSON CLARKECorporal · August 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDDIE DISMAYA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 29
- HERBERT E ILGENFRITZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 30
- JOHN ANDREW JABLONSKISergeant · Panel 49W, Line 31
- ZACHARY PHILLIP NEWPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 32
- ALLEN JOHN PRETNARCorporal · Panel 49W, Line 33
- PAUL ROSS SAVACOOL JRPrivate · Panel 49W, Line 33
- LESLIE JON TEGTMEIERSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 33
- ALAN DALE TRUCANOSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 34
- JAMES MICHAEL WALSHSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 34
From Columbus
- LAWRENCE CLAIR HAMMONDChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 11, 1963
- JOHN FREDRICK STONEBURNERMajor · December 9, 1964
- TOMMY JOE BELCHERSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- ANDREW JACOB HINDERMANPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- WILLIAM BISHOP WOLFLance Corporal · October 14, 1965
- DENNIS SMITHCorporal · October 30, 1965
- CHARLES THOMAS MOORE JRSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- KENNETH POLINGSpecialist Four · November 21, 1965
- MORRIS LEE BARGYCorporal · November 29, 1965
- MORRIS E JENKINSSpecialist Five · December 2, 1965
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.