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GEORGE BERNARD RUSNAK
Captain · U.S. Army
September 30, 1937 – March 22, 1967
Service recordGeorge Bernard Rusnak, of Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 24
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 30, 1937
- Home of record
- Philipsburg, Pennsylvania (Centre County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 24
- WILLIAM D SANDS IIICaptain · March 22, 1967
- CALVIN ELLIOT SCHWARTZSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- RICHARD SAMUEL SEDIESSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- THOMAS ERIC SHANNONSecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WAYNE BRENWALLSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 17
- ANDREW HORVATHSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 20
- CALVIN DWIGHT MABERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 21
- RICHARD PATTERSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 17E, Line 22
- PAUL EUGENE REAMSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 23
From Philipsburg
- THEODORE MATTATW ROPCHOCKSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
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.