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PEARL BUSH
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 30, 1937 – May 11, 1968
Service recordPearl Bush, of Little, Kentucky, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 11, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 58E, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58E · Line 19
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 30, 1937
- Home of record
- Little, Kentucky (Breathitt County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 11, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date May 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58E, Line 19
- LEONARD JONATHEN BELLSergeant · May 11, 1968
- ROBERT VERNON BENNETTSergeant · May 11, 1968
- THOMAS HOWARD BERGRENSergeant · May 11, 1968
- JAMES GILBERT COLLINSSpecialist Four · May 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT VERNON BENNETTSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 19
- JUAN MACIAS JIMENEZSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 22
- EDWARD WAYNE PIGGSergeant · Panel 58E, Line 27
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.