The Wall › Panel 17W › Maryland › Nathaniel Bush
NATHANIEL BUSH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 16, 1947 – October 2, 1969
Service recordNathaniel Bush, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 2, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 25
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date October 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 63 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 25
- MICHAEL LEE BOWMANPetty Officer Third Class · October 2, 1969
- ROLANDO CUEVAS DAYAOPetty Officer First Class · October 2, 1969
- DONALD CHESTER DEANPetty Officer Second Class · October 2, 1969
- HERBERT HUGH DILGERLieutenant · October 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERTO GONZALEZ-SANCHEZPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 27
- ALLEN BENJAMIN GOYNE JRCorporal · Panel 17W, Line 27
- EDISON DENNIS HULLPrivate First Class · Panel 17W, Line 28
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.