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RONALD FRANK BUSS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1949 – August 25, 1968
Service recordRonald Frank Buss, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 46W, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46W · Line 12
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- March 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 46W, Line 12
- CARLOS GUZMAN CARBAJALPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- TIMOTHY LEE CARMODYLance Corporal · August 25, 1968
- ROBERT ONEAL CATOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1968
- MICHAEL ROY CLASENPetty Officer Third Class · August 25, 1968
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 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.