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JAMES LEROY RUSH
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
November 2, 1944 – February 15, 1967
Service recordJames Leroy Rush, of Prospect, Ohio, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 15, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 36
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 Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Structural Mechanic (Hydraulics) (AMH)
- Born
- November 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Prospect, Ohio (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Ship/Submarine Accident At Sea (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 36
- RICHARD DWAINE STOCKERPetty Officer Third Class · May 26, 1966
- CHARLES LEROY SLACK JRPrivate First Class · February 15, 1967
- PEDRO ANDRE SMITHCorporal · February 15, 1967
- LOUIS RAY SOWARDSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ERIC B SPEAKCorporal · February 15, 1967
From Prospect
- WILLIAM BERNARD DECKERSpecialist Four · August 5, 1968
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.