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CLIFFORD JAMES RUSH
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 16, 1946 – October 24, 1969
Service recordClifford James Rush, of New Madrid, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 24, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 17W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17W · Line 114
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 16, 1946
- Home of record
- New Madrid, Missouri (New Madrid County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 24, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 24, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1969, 600 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17W, Line 114
- DAVID LEE SACKETTFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1969
- WILLIAM JAMES SCHUSSLERPrivate First Class · October 24, 1969
- VERNON JOSEPH SEGERCorporal · October 24, 1969
- RONALD SOWELLSergeant · October 24, 1969
From New Madrid
- LARRY JOE WILLIAMSCorporal · March 24, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- ALLISON A WESTBROOKS JRSpecialist Five · January 20, 1968
- JEWEL EDWARD MCCLATCHEYSpecialist Four · January 27, 1969
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.