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GEORGE HENRY RUSH JR
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 3, 1935 – August 27, 1967
Service recordGeorge Henry Rush JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 27, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 54
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Born
- September 3, 1935
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1967
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Gia Dinh Province that day. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 54
- WILLIAM JACOB SANDERSLance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- FRANCIS EDWARD SMILEYMajor · August 27, 1967
- TIMOTHY PETERSON VOGELPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- JERRY PETER WYNNECorporal · August 27, 1967
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.