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GARY EDWARD RUSHA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 20, 1949 – April 18, 1968
Service recordGary Edward Rusha, of Escanaba, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 18, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 42
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Escanaba, Michigan (Delta County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 18, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date April 18, 1968; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50E, Line 42
- DONALD EUGENE SMRTNIKSergeant · April 18, 1968
- PAUL MATTHEW SPENCERLance Corporal · April 18, 1968
- JAN ALAN ULMERFirst Lieutenant · April 18, 1968
- ROBERT KITTRIDGE VARICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BERNARD LYLE FOXSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 38
- ARNOLD PAIRISStaff Sergeant · Panel 50E, Line 40
- JOHNNY ROBERT WEBBPrivate First Class · Panel 50E, Line 43
From Escanaba
- RICHARD ARNOLD JOHNSONSpecialist Four · May 7, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN MORASFireman · December 4, 1967
- BRUCE KEITH CRAIGPrivate First Class · April 16, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH LEWISPrivate First Class · August 2, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY FILLIONSergeant · May 16, 1970
- JOHN FREDERICK PEPINSpecialist Four · August 13, 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.