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CHARLES GLYNN RUSH JR
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 12, 1936 – April 21, 1969
Service recordCharles Glynn Rush JR, of Jackson, Tennessee, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 22
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- September 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Jackson, Tennessee (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 21, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date April 21, 1969; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 22
- TOMMY QUINN SEGARS JRCorporal · April 21, 1969
- RICHARD HAROLD SIMONSENPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- JAMES ALBERT SPENCER JRSpecialist Four · April 21, 1969
- ALFRED STARKSergeant · April 21, 1969
From Jackson
- CARL J SADLERPrivate First Class · October 28, 1965
- BOBBY C VINSONPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- ISAAC E HUNT JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JOHN WESLEY FERRELLPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CLARKPrivate First Class · January 19, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD MIDCALFPrivate First Class · May 15, 1967
- GEORGE P NICHOLSONStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1968
- BENNIE RAY JONESPrivate · May 17, 1968
- WILLIE GENE COOPERPrivate First Class · June 28, 1968
- RONALD DAVID HUTCHERSONSergeant · September 6, 1968
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.