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WILLIAM TIMOTHY BUSHEY
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 22, 1948 – September 15, 1969
Service recordWilliam Timothy Bushey, of Mahopac, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 15, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 88
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Mahopac, New York (Putnam County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date September 15, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 88
- MICHAEL HERMAN THOMASFirst Lieutenant · September 14, 1969
- LOYD DEAN ACOSTALance Corporal · September 15, 1969
- ROBERT JOSEPH ARNOLDPetty Officer First Class · September 15, 1969
- WILLIAM FRANKLIN DIGGSSpecialist Four · September 15, 1969
From Mahopac
- WILLIAM ANTHONY TODDMaster Sergeant · March 29, 1972
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.