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STEPHEN LEE BUSBY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1949 – April 4, 1970
Service recordStephen Lee Busby, of Arlington, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 91 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 91
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Arlington, Washington (Snohomish County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 91
- EVERETT LEE ANKROMSpecialist Four · April 4, 1970
- MANNIE ALFRED BARBERPrivate · April 4, 1970
- CLYDE LEE COFFMANSpecialist Five · April 4, 1970
- FREDERICK W DAUTEN JRMajor · April 4, 1970
From Arlington
- VIRGIL JAMES FOWLERStaff Sergeant · May 9, 1968
- DOYLE TRAVIS ANDERSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1968
- PATRICK OWEN POMPELLASergeant · February 18, 1970
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.