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ELBERT WAYNE BUSH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 13, 1946 – January 8, 1973
Service recordElbert Wayne Bush, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on January 8, 1973, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 109 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 109
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- October 13, 1946
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- January 8, 1973
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1973; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In January 1973, 29 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 109
- JOHN CARL LINDAHLLieutenant · January 6, 1973
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE DEANELieutenant Colonel · January 8, 1973
- JOSE JALOCON JAVINESChief Petty Officer · January 8, 1973
- RICHARD ARTHUR KNUTSONChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 8, 1973
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM LAWRENCE DEANELieutenant Colonel · Panel 1W, Line 109
From Jackson
- JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERSMaster Sergeant · December 25, 1963
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 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.