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THOMAS BURKE BUSH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 10, 1947 – August 30, 1968
Service recordThomas Burke Bush, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 30, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 4
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Records Clerk (76M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- January 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date August 30, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 4
- TERRY DANE SMOCKCorporal · August 29, 1968
- JAMES COLON BAXTERSergeant · August 30, 1968
- JOHN ROBERT BECKSergeant · August 30, 1968
- DANNY LEE BITNERCorporal · August 30, 1968
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.