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MARK JOEL BUSH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 18, 1950 – June 22, 1970
Service recordMark Joel Bush, of Anaheim, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 22, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 77
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- May 18, 1950
- Home of record
- Anaheim, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 22, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date June 22, 1970; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 77
- BUFORD RONALD SPENCERSpecialist Five · June 21, 1970
- LONNIE HAROLD WEISHEITCorporal · June 21, 1970
- MICHAEL STEPHEN BEZEGAStaff Sergeant · June 22, 1970
- GEORGE CHAMBERS-QUIROZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL STEPHEN BEZEGAStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 77
- RALPH ARNOLD GADDISSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 79
- JIMMIE LADON CHAMBLEEStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 80
- WILLIAM WALLACE MORROWStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 80
From Anaheim
- JAMES LEAVELL PURSERChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 19, 1965
- JOHN VELCO FIORENTINSecond Lieutenant · November 23, 1965
- BOBBY JOE ALBERTONChief Master Sergeant · May 31, 1966
- DENNIS JOHN CULLENPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- MICHAEL RAY MCCOMMONSPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- ROBERT FRANK VERNESPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- MAX ANDY LOPEZSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- JOHN ALAN FRICKPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DAVID WILLIAM LINNCorporal · May 7, 1967
- JAMES ARTHUR NICHOLSONLance Corporal · May 14, 1967
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.