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GARY GRANT RUSHING
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 30, 1943 – October 27, 1966
Service recordGary Grant Rushing, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 120 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 120
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Winston-Salem, North Carolina (Forsyth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1966. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 11E, Line 120
- ORLANDO SILAS ROACHSpecialist Four · October 27, 1966
- HOWARD CLINTON ROBINSONPrivate First Class · October 27, 1966
- WALTER JAMES ACKWOODPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- MICHAEL JOHN BOSKO JRSpecialist Four · October 28, 1966
Same unit, same day
- MARLIN EDWIN BEMBENEKSpecialist Five · Panel 11E, Line 117
- MICHAEL RANDStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 119
From Winston-Salem
- JAMES WALTER FLOYDPrivate First Class · October 10, 1965
- RICHARD KENNETH JORDANCaptain · October 22, 1965
- JOHN CONNOR JRStaff Sergeant · February 12, 1966
- EUGENE GERALD ARMSTRONG JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · May 1, 1966
- LARRY RAYMOND LAMBERTPrivate First Class · September 11, 1966
- DOUGLAS WAYNE LEECorporal · March 26, 1967
- WALTER EARL MUNNSLance Corporal · March 27, 1967
- KENNETH MAURICE BURNETTPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- CLYDE ULAND MITCHELLCorporal · May 18, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS TRIVETTEPrivate First Class · May 23, 1967
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.