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JAMES THEODORE RUSH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 3, 1947 – January 12, 1969
Service recordJames Theodore Rush, of Piqua, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Piqua, Ohio (Miami County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 12, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date January 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 79
- JOHN BERKLEY ROLLESergeant · January 12, 1969
- LESTER AL STEPHENSSpecialist Four · January 12, 1969
- EDWIN FRANKLIN TUBBSPrivate · January 12, 1969
- GABRIEL ZOLDIPrivate First Class · January 12, 1969
From Piqua
- WILLIAM HART PITSENBARGERAirman First Class · April 11, 1966
- RONALD KEITH STANEARTPrivate First Class · October 4, 1966
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS JAQUACorporal · November 1, 1967
- RENDLE DULENPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- JOHN ALBERT DURHAMPetty Officer Third Class · February 4, 1969
- VICTOR RAY SCHEELERSpecialist Four · March 4, 1969
- CHARLES MARION KOONCorporal · May 12, 1970
- HARRY ANDREW COTTERMANSpecialist Four · May 16, 1970
- KEITH EUGENE HANEYPrivate First Class · April 25, 1971
- STEVEN DALE KARNEHMChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 27, 1971
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.