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JAMES MONROE RUSHING
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
June 10, 1945 – December 16, 1968
Service recordJames Monroe Rushing, of Pensacola, Florida, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- June 10, 1945
- Home of record
- Pensacola, Florida (Escambia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 31
- RICHARD WAYNE RANDOLPHSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- RONALD CORY SAFFELLSpecialist Four · December 16, 1968
- ROBERT NEIL SANDERSStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
- CEDRICK LOUVANE SMARTStaff Sergeant · December 16, 1968
From Pensacola
- DONALD VOL HESTER JRLieutenant · September 6, 1964
- CHARLES WAYNE STEVENSPrivate · October 3, 1965
- WILLIE CLARENCE PICKETTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GEORGE WARREN RICEWarrant Officer 1 · December 18, 1965
- GEORGE EDDIE GEOGHAGENSpecialist Four · January 2, 1966
- DONALD RAY BROWNSergeant · April 6, 1966
- VICTOR EDWARD CHASELance Corporal · April 16, 1966
- DAVID OTIS BLACKMONSpecialist Four · April 25, 1966
- DONALD MCCONNICOSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- FRED EARL BAILEYMajor · June 5, 1966
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.