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Personal info

Full name
BUSH, John Conway
Date of birth
19 May 1916
Age
28
Place of birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York
Hometown
Manhattan, New York County, New York

Military service

Service number
O-1011210
Rank
First Lieutenant
Function
unknown
Unit
20th Armored Infantry Battalion,
10th Armored Division
Awards
Bronze Star,
Purple Heart

Death

Status
Killed in Action
Date of death
31 December 1944
Place of death
Near Bastogne, Belgium

Grave

Cemetery
American War Cemetery Luxembourg
Plot Row Grave
H 10 87

Immediate family

Members
John H. Bush (father)
Gertrude (Breitzke) Bush (mother)
Mary J. Bush (sister)

More information

1st Lt John C. Bush graduated from Amherst College in 1937 and was a financial institution clerk.

He joined the National Guard in New York City, New York on 27 January 1941.

Lt Bush was first buried at the Temporary American Military Cemetery in Grand-Failly, France.

Source of information: Peter Schouteten, www.abmc.gov, www.wwiimemorial.com, www.archives.gov - WWII Enlistment Record, www.ancestry.com - Headstone and Interment Record / Cole Welch Family Tree / 1930 Census / New York Birth Index, www.findagrave.com - Squadron an Association, www.10tharmored.com
Photo source: www.findagrave.com - Luxembourg American Cemetery, Amherst College 1937