Daniel Busch
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Daniel Busch | |
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| Born | July 30, 1968 Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin |
| Died | 4 October 1993 Mogadishu, Banaadir, Somalia |
| Place of burial | Welsh Church Cemetery, Portage, Columbia County, Wisconsin, USA |
| Allegiance | United States of America |
| Service/ | United States Army |
| Years of service | 1986-1993 |
| Rank | Staff Sergeant |
| Unit | 10th Special Forces Group 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta |
| Battles/wars | Operation Gothic Serpent
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| Awards | Silver Star Purple Heart Meritorious Service Medal |
| Relations | Traci Busch (spouse) |
Daniel Darrell Busch (July 30, 1969 – October 4, 1993) was a staff sergeant in the United States Army and a recipient of the silver star. At the time of his death, he was a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army's premier special operations unit, the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1SFOD-D), or "Delta Force". He was a sniper was posthumously awarded the Silver Star for his actions during the Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993.
Early life and career
Daniel Busch was born July 30, 1969, in Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin, and graduated from Portage Senior High School in 1986. In that year, at age 18, he joined the U.S. Army. Trained as a sniper, he served as a US Army Ranger in Bravo Company 3rd Ranger Battalion and was later a Delta operator in 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1SFOD-D), or Delta Force.
Combat in Somalia
Busch was posted to Mogadishu, Somalia, with other Delta members in the summer of 1993 as part of Task Force Ranger. On October 3, 1993, Busch was sniper during the Battle of Mogadishu (1993) onboard Super Six One, one of the Army's Black Hawk helicopters providing insertion and air support to the assault team on a a joint-force mission to apprehend key advisers to Somali warlord Mohamed Farrah Aidid.
About 40 minutes after the assault began, Super 61, piloted by CW3 Cliff "Elvis" Wolcott, was struck by an RPG-7 that sent the helicopter into an uncontrollable spin. The helicopter crashed in a residential area, coming to rest against a building wall in an alleyway about 300 yards east of the target building (02°03′09.4″N 45°19′34.8″E). Both pilots were killed in the resulting crash and two of the crew (Staff Sgt. Ray Dowdy and Staff Sgt. Charlie Warren) were severely wounded. Daniel Busch and fellow Delta sniper Sergeant Jim Smith, both survived the crash and began defending the crash site.[1]
SNA militiamen in the area began calling out local residents, shouting on megaphones, "Come out and defend your homes!"[2] The militia fighters, in organized squads, quickly began to fan in and out of nearby buildings, alleys and trees to avoid the Little Bird helicopters converging to cover the wreck of Super 61.
Whilst defending the helicopter from attack, he received several gunshot wounds to the legs, torso, and shoulder.
References
- ↑ Bowden 2010, p. 70.
- ↑ Bowden 2010, p. 34.
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