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Matthew D Bush
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Name: Army Pvt. 2 Matthew D. Bush
Age: 20
From: East Alton, Ill.
Assigned to F Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas died Aug. 8 in Camp Caldwell, Iraq. A fellow soldier tried to wake Bush and noticed he was not breathing.
Incident: Army Pvt. 2 Matthew D. Bush was killed
Died: August 08, 2003
East Alton, Ill., soldier may have died of heat in Iraq
Associated Press
Age: 20
From: East Alton, Ill.
Assigned to F Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas died Aug. 8 in Camp Caldwell, Iraq. A fellow soldier tried to wake Bush and noticed he was not breathing.
Incident: Army Pvt. 2 Matthew D. Bush was killed
Died: August 08, 2003
East Alton, Ill., soldier may have died of heat in Iraq
Associated Press
EAST ALTON, Ill. — The body of Army Pvt. Matthew Bush has been returned home to East Alton, and authorities are blaming his death on the blistering summer heat in Iraq.
Bush, 20, was stationed in Kirkush, about 100 miles north of Baghdad. He had been overseas about three weeks when he was found dead in his bed Aug. 8.
A heat-related illness probably caused his death, according preliminary findings from an autopsy conducted at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware.
Rep. Jerry Costello, D-Ill., said he was told of the findings on Aug. 14. He said the doctor in charge of the autopsy planned to get in touch with Bush’s family that night. A formal autopsy...
Occupation
F Troop, 1st Squadron, 10th Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas
Incident
Army Pvt. 2 Matthew D. Bush died Aug. 8 in Camp Caldwell, Iraq. A fellow soldier tried to wake Bush and noticed he was not breathing.
Prayers & Messages
Matthew D Bush
2008-04-09
May the grace of God, the love of Jesus, and the peace of the Holy Spirit be with you and your family forever.