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ROBERT EDWARD BUSH
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
October 4, 1928 – March 24, 1966
Service recordRobert Edward Bush, of Hamden, Connecticut, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 24, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115A)
- Born
- October 4, 1928
- Home of record
- Hamden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1966. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 43
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JOHN BETHEL TAPPLieutenant Commander · March 23, 1966
- JAMES MITCHELL CORNETTPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
- GENERAL WHITEPrivate First Class · March 24, 1966
From Hamden
- PIERCE IRVING ROBERTSONMajor · October 9, 1966
- ALAN IVAN SMITHSergeant · October 22, 1966
- ALFRED JUDSON FORCE MOODYBrigadier General · March 19, 1967
- OSCAR BIEHL JRCaptain · May 30, 1967
- JOHN THEODORE GALLAGHERSergeant First Class · January 5, 1968
- DONALD PORTER FERGUSONCorporal · January 13, 1968
- EDWARD KENNETH DUELPrivate First Class · October 21, 1968
- ROBERT BERTON READCorporal · May 28, 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.