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LESTER RUSHIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 8, 1939 – July 29, 1972
Service recordLester Rushin, of Buena Vista, Georgia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- May 8, 1939
- Home of record
- Buena Vista, Georgia (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1972
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1972, 53 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 60
- PHILIP DOYLE SELLERSColonel · July 29, 1972
- RONALD A ASHECaptain · July 30, 1972
- JAMES E HUDELSONMajor · July 30, 1972
- DAVID J PRICECaptain · July 30, 1972
- CHARLES FRANCIS HAYNESSergeant · October 30, 1972
From Buena Vista
- ODIE C MCMURRAYSpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
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.