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EDWARD L BUSH
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
March 12, 1943 – March 20, 1967
Service recordEdward L Bush, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 20, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 119
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 57 MED DET USARV
- Born
- March 12, 1943
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 20, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 20, 1967. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “57 MED DET USARV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 119
- GORDON LEONARD CABLESSpecialist Five · March 20, 1967
- RICHARD JAMES CARSONLance Corporal · March 20, 1967
- CARL ROGER CROSIERCorporal · March 20, 1967
- RICHARD PEREZ CRUZSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RONALD RICHARD FILLMORESpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 121
- CLIFFORD RAY HERRINPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 122
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 1966
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.