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GARY ALFRED RUST
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 4, 1947 – November 11, 1968
Service recordGary Alfred Rust, of Southbridge, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 11, 1968, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 52 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 52
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- May 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Southbridge, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 11, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date November 11, 1968; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 52
- FRANK JAMES ROBERTSPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
- BENJAMIN SADBERRYSergeant · November 11, 1968
- JOHN DANIEL SHERMOSSergeant First Class · November 11, 1968
- WILLIAM CURTIS WINSTONPrivate First Class · November 11, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN LESLIE BRATTONCorporal · Panel 39W, Line 48
- JAMES GILBERT HUMPHREYSergeant · Panel 39W, Line 49
- ERNEST LOPEZ MORAPrivate First Class · Panel 39W, Line 51
- JOHN DANIEL SHERMOSSergeant First Class · Panel 39W, Line 52
From Southbridge
- JAN KRAWCZYKCorporal · September 24, 1967
- PAUL EUGENE POIRIERSergeant · April 13, 1968
- HARRY WILLIAM ANDERSON JRSpecialist Four · October 8, 1968
- VINCENT F SABATINELLICaptain · July 25, 1969
- RICHARD ROLAND ARSENAULTStaff Sergeant · May 26, 1972
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.