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BRIAN WAYNE RUSHTON
Captain · U.S. Army
April 2, 1941 – July 12, 1967
Service recordBrian Wayne Rushton, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 63
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967; 34 of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 63
- JAMES ALVIN RAINWATER JRMajor · July 12, 1967
- FRANK JAMES ROSE JRSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- LAURENCE G SERSHONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH SULLIVANMaster Sergeant · July 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FRED GARLAND BRAGG JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 23E, Line 55
- LE ROY HARLAND CHARBONEAUCorporal · Panel 23E, Line 56
- PERNELL RUSSELL CLAUDSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 56
- GARY TERRENCE COLEMANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 56
- TYRONE COMBSSpecialist Five · Panel 23E, Line 56
- RONALD EDWARD CRAINSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 57
- ROBERT EDWIN ECHOLSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 57
- GERALD LAWRENCE FOXPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 58
- WILLIE KETCHERY FULLILOVEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 58
- EDDIE CARL GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 58
- STEPHEN JAMES GROTHSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 58
- JAMES MICHAEL HAIDERSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 59
- WANDLE LEWIS HICKMANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 59
- DAVID MICHAEL HORNPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 59
- JERRY LYNN HUGHESSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 59
- OWEN RAYMOND MONTGOMERYSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 59
- ROCKWELL GRANT JAMISONSergeant · Panel 23E, Line 60
- CHARLES MARK JUDGE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 60
- RONALD RICHARD KINGPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 60
- JERRY DON LANIERSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 60
- JOHN ALVIN HARLANPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 61
- JOSEPH LORAN MILLERPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 61
- MILFORD GERALD MCKEEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 62
- FLOYD RUSSELL NOEPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 62
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.