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LARRY ALLEN RUSH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 11, 1950 – June 16, 1969
Service recordLarry Allen Rush, of Mt Vernon, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 58
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- March 11, 1950
- Home of record
- Mt Vernon, Indiana (Posey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1969; three of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 58
- JOSEPH GUILMETTE JRPrivate First Class · June 16, 1969
- JOSEPH JUSTIN HELTSLEYSergeant · June 16, 1969
- RAYMOND CLARK HOLMANLance Corporal · June 16, 1969
- MICHAEL ALLEN MAHOWALDWarrant Officer 1 · June 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ANTHONY MICHAEL NOTICHSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 59
- DAVID EARL WEISSSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 61
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.