Plt./Sgt. Clarence Adrian Bush - Bainbridge, NY
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A plaque honoring Plt./Sgt. Clarence Adrian Bush is located in Village Green Park at the intersection of East Main Street and North Main Street in Bainbridge, NY.
Waymark Code: WMW779
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 07/19/2017
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In 2001 the Slater-Silvernail Post 806 of the American Legion established a memorial honoring all the servicemen from the Bainbridge, NY area that died in WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. The memorial consists of 19 individual bronze plaques set on a two long granite bases; 10 on the left base and 9 on the right base. In the middle is a marble stele with the boots, rifle, helmet image used to signify a person who died while on duty.
The plaque for World War II casualty Plt./Sgt. Clarence Adrian Bush, USMC, is located on the left base, the fifth plaque from the left. It is inscribed:
USA {Emblem of the United States Marine Corps} II
CLARENCE ADRIAN BUSH
PVT
5th Inf Div Iwo Jima
Pacific Theater
Born 22 February 1923. Was killed in the
Iwo Jima battle, his 22nd birthday, 1945
Adrian was the first Bainbridge man to lose
his life for our country in the Pacific Theater
in WWII