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WILLIAM LEON BUSBY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 9, 1939 – January 31, 1968
Service recordWilliam Leon Busby, of Henderson, Kentucky, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 31, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 89 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 89
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Ranger, Tank Unit Commander (81203)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 9, 1939
- Home of record
- Henderson, Kentucky (Henderson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 31, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
246 names on the Wall carry the date January 31, 1968; 66 of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
He died in Gia Dinh Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 89
- LESTER EUGENE BROWNPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ARCHIE BURNETTE JRStaff Sergeant · January 31, 1968
- PETER MARK BUTLERSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- HOWARD EARL BUTTONSergeant First Class · January 31, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH ERNELL BOONESpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 87
- ROLAND MICHAEL BOWENPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 87
- JOHN LEONARD CHURCHSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 2
- EUGENE JOSEPH CONNERMajor · Panel 36E, Line 3
- CHARLES LINCOLN DANIELSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 5
- FRANK DOEZEMA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 6
- CHARLES EDWARD HALLSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 12
- HENRY GRANT HOWCOTTMajor · Panel 36E, Line 16
- FLOYD BROWN SPENCER JRMajor · Panel 36E, Line 23
- JOHN J MCHUGHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 27
- MARVIN JAMES PLATAMaster Sergeant · Panel 36E, Line 30
- DONALD M RADICSSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 31
- RONNIE RAY ROUSHSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 33
- TERENCE FAIRCHILD SAGECaptain · Panel 36E, Line 34
- JAMES J SHERRILLSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 35
- LEON JERRY SHRUMSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 35
- MAXIMILIAN HEINRI SIMMETHMajor · Panel 36E, Line 36
- JOHN DOUGLAS WARD JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 41
- ROBERT JOE WILLIAMSONSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 43
- JOSEPH ROBERT WISEMajor · Panel 36E, Line 43
- TIMOTHY LANE WORTHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 44
From Henderson
- KENNETH EUGENE DUNCANPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- CHARLES ROBERT NUNNPrivate First Class · April 23, 1967
- MICHAEL LEE MILLERPrivate First Class · October 3, 1967
- RICHARD CLYDE COLEMANSergeant · May 19, 1968
- DONALD ROBERT MILLERCorporal · May 31, 1968
- LAWRENCE O WASHINGTONStaff Sergeant · January 29, 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.