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GILBERT BYRON BUSH
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1941 – May 8, 1966
Service recordGilbert Byron Bush, of Laramie, Wyoming, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 39
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 17, 1941
- Home of record
- Laramie, Wyoming (Albany County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1966. In May 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 39
- HERMANDO SANCHEZ MOYASergeant · May 7, 1966
- JOHN VANDRIESSCHEPrivate First Class · May 7, 1966
- MATTHEW JOHN DAVERNSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES OWEN DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 41
- JOHN JOSEPH TUMINOSpecialist Four · Panel 7E, Line 41
From Laramie
- JAMES FREDERICK BARNESStaff Sergeant · November 6, 1966
- RICHARD STEVEN BROWNPrivate First Class · April 7, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD PANTIERPrivate · April 20, 1968
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.