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GEORGE WILLIAM RUSHING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 16, 1947 – February 20, 1968
Service recordGeorge William Rushing, of Conroe, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 20, 1968, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 40E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40E · Line 47
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
- Single-Engine Single-Rotor Helicopter Repairman (67Q)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 335 AVN CO 268 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Conroe, Texas (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1968; eight of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40E, Line 47
- MICHAEL W PICARDSergeant · February 20, 1968
- DARRYL WARREN A POINTERCorporal · February 20, 1968
- ARNOLD W PRICEPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- GARRY EARL ROGERSONPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
From Conroe
- JAMES ARNOLD GILFORDCorporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MIKEL COPELANDLance Corporal · February 20, 1968
- EDDIE LEE MILLERSergeant First Class · April 26, 1968
- J B SPEARMONSergeant · September 18, 1968
- JOHNNY MUNOZSergeant · August 28, 1969
- CLARKE KEMBLE VICKREYPrivate First Class · October 27, 1969
- FLOYD DEAN WEBBERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1970
- DONALD W LOWECaptain · February 3, 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.