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JOSEPH KERR BUSH JR
Captain · U.S. Army
January 28, 1944 – February 10, 1969
Service recordJoseph Kerr Bush JR, of Temple, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 10, 1969, in Laos, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 32W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 32W · Line 3
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- January 28, 1944
- Home of record
- Temple, Texas (Bell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 10, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date February 10, 1969. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 32W, Line 3
- THOMAS MARTIN NEALSergeant · February 9, 1969
- MICHAEL JACK WILSONFirst Lieutenant · February 9, 1969
- FRANKIE YOUNG JRPrivate First Class · February 9, 1969
- JEFFREY RICHARD BRUCESergeant · February 10, 1969
From Temple
- EVERETT ALBERT WYATT JRSergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS GRAYPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- HAROLD DWAINE DANIELSSergeant · April 16, 1968
- MICHAEL JAMES DROBENAStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1969
- HARLAN MERDEAN CRAFTSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- DONALD PRIESTER CANDLERSecond Lieutenant · August 8, 1969
- MILO CLINTON ISAACSSergeant First Class · October 22, 1970
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.