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JAMES BUSH
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
September 14, 1941 – May 1, 1970
Service recordJames Bush, of Talladega, Alabama, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1970, in Ninh Thuan Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 78
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Track Vehicle Repairer (63H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 14, 1941
- Home of record
- Talladega, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1970
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Ninh Thuan
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1970; he was the only one lost in Ninh Thuan Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 78
- FRANK MICHAEL VALENTINECorporal · April 30, 1970
- JAMES CONRAD ADAMSMajor · May 1, 1970
- KEITH SAM ARNESONSpecialist Four · May 1, 1970
- JOHN HAROLD BARRETTSpecialist Four · May 1, 1970
From Talladega
- WALTER ANTHONY THACKERSON JRPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD HEATHSpecialist Four · August 22, 1966
- JAMES PATRICK NAILENPrivate First Class · March 19, 1967
- WILLIAM MARSHALL SHAW JRLance Corporal · May 8, 1967
- EDDIE LEE MOTON JRPrivate First Class · June 19, 1967
- LOUGHTON SMITHMaster Sergeant · July 20, 1967
- EARNEST PAUL HOLMES JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1968
- WILLIE GENE WILSONSergeant · April 9, 1968
- HUGH BERNARD BROWN IIIFirst Lieutenant · July 20, 1968
- LEONARD HUGH HOLMESPrivate First Class · February 3, 1969
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.