Matthew D Bush

Alton, Illinois

August 8, 2003

Age

Military

Rank

Unit/Location

Army

Pvt

F Troop, 1^st Squadron, 10^th Armored Cavalry Regiment

Fort Hood, Texas

Camp Caldwell, Iraq. A fellow soldier tried to wake Bush and noticed he was not breathing.

AP News

Matthew D. Bush and his sister had a friendly rivalry, so when 19-year-old Deann joined the Army last year, Matthew soon followed. Matthew Bush of East Alton, Ill., joined the Army in January and arrived in Iraq in mid-July from Fort Hood. He died Aug. 8 in Kirkush, Iraq, of what is believed to be a heat-related illness.