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ROBERT IRA BUSH
Captain · U.S. Air Force
June 8, 1938 – June 9, 1966
Service recordRobert Ira Bush, of Racine, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 9, 1966, in North Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 25
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 14 ACWG
- Born
- June 8, 1938
- Home of record
- Racine, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1966
- Age
- 28
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1966. In June 1966, 595 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.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 8E, Line 25
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
- THOMAS LEEONAS YOHNPrivate First Class · June 8, 1966
- JAMES HOWARD BAKER JRFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1966
- WILL PAGE BARTON IIPrivate First Class · June 9, 1966
From Racine
- GILBERT RONALD NICKERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ANTHONY GEORGE CALVERLEYLance Corporal · July 15, 1966
- WILLIAM JAMES ROHANPetty Officer Third Class · September 16, 1966
- JOHN CHARLES MERCIERLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- LAVOUGHN HERMAN FOLKERSSergeant · February 28, 1967
- LARRY ALLEN WILLIAMSONSpecialist Four · May 21, 1967
- JAMES LEONARD BOEHLERPrivate First Class · August 21, 1967
- CHARLES ALLEN JOHNSONCorporal · September 11, 1967
- PAUL WINTON WAHLER JRFirst Lieutenant · November 18, 1967
- RAYMOND LEE CORK JRPetty Officer Third Class · December 4, 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.