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HENRY WILSON RUST JR
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
March 30, 1929 – November 27, 1966
Service recordHenry Wilson Rust JR, of Batesville, Arkansas, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 125
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 174 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP AMER DIV
- Born
- March 30, 1929
- Home of record
- Batesville, Arkansas (Independence County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1966
- Age
- 37
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 125
- PAUL ROBERT WESTStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- BOBBY LEE WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- DENNIS PAUL WRIGHTAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- ALVIN ECHOLSPrivate First Class · November 27, 1966
From Batesville
- EDWARD DEAN GOULDStaff Sergeant · April 21, 1967
- RICHARD LAWSON HIXCorporal · June 18, 1967
- GERALD WYATTE FARRIERChief Petty Officer · July 29, 1967
- GREGORY VAUGHAN GRAYSergeant · January 31, 1968
- HAROLD BRUCE KIMBROUGHFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- STEPHEN WILLIAM LYNCHCaptain · June 10, 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.