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KENNETH ROGER RUSHING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 19, 1946 – January 7, 1971
Service recordKenneth Roger Rushing, of Baxley, Georgia, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 32
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Baxley, Georgia (Appling County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1971; two of them were lost in Long Khanh Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 32
- RICHARD EUGENE TABORSpecialist Four · January 7, 1971
- WILLIAM CHARLES VASEYLieutenant · January 7, 1971
- DOUGLAS MARTIN BECKMANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1971
- JAMES HOWARD CARTWRIGHTFirst Lieutenant · January 8, 1971
From Baxley
- HARLEY DANIEL BECKWORTHStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- MALVIN LOWE NASWORTHY JRCorporal · May 16, 1966
- IRA WINARD WILLIAMSLance Corporal · June 27, 1967
- NEWELL FERRELL LEIGH JRSpecialist Four · August 22, 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.