Army Pfc. Charles E. Bush Jr.
Death: Dec 19, 2003
" of Buffalo N.Y. assigned to 402nd Civil Affairs Battalion 354th Civil Affairs Brigade 352nd Civil Affairs Command Army Reserve based in Riverdale Park Md.; killed while riding in a convoy Dec. 19 when his vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Balad Iraq. Pfc. Charles E. Bush Jr. was a cook and he had been expected home for the Christmas holiday. Instead he volunteered for dangerous guard duty working as a door gunner. Bush43 of Buffalo N.Y. Died Dec. 19 after his vehicle hit a homemade bomb in Balad Iraq just east of Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. His Army Reserve unit was based in Riverdale Park Md. ""He put his life on the line when he could have been safe working as a cook said his father, Charles E. Bush Sr. He's my firstborn my oldest and I'm proud of him."" Bush had joined the reserves ""fairly late in life Lt. Col. Hugh Van Roosen said, and had been stationed in Iraq for nearly a year. He also is survived by one child. — Associated Press Operation Iraqi Freedom"