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EDWARD FRANKLIN RUSHING
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 20, 1942 – February 14, 1967
Service recordEdward Franklin Rushing, of Brandon, Mississippi, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1967, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 27 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 27
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 20, 1942
- Home of record
- Brandon, Mississippi (Rankin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 27
- GALEN LLOYD WILSONSpecialist Four · February 13, 1967
- HAROLD WILLIAM WINGETFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1967
- NAPOLEN KELLY COOPERPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- MARCUS SHARPE TURNER JRCaptain · February 14, 1967
From Brandon
- JAMES DALE JENNINGSSergeant · May 6, 1970
- LARRY MCCOYPrivate First Class · August 12, 1971
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.