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RICHARD LEONARD RUSHLOW
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 13, 1949 – January 11, 1971
Service recordRichard Leonard Rushlow, of Lincoln Park, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 41
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- September 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Lincoln Park, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1971; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 5W, Line 41
- JOSE RAMON SANDOVALCorporal · January 11, 1971
- WILLIAM ELLIS STRACNERLance Corporal · January 11, 1971
- FRANCIS JOSEPH THORPEGunnery Sergeant · January 11, 1971
- REX ALAN VOGELPOHLSpecialist Four · January 11, 1971
From Lincoln Park
- GERALD ANTHONY KOSAKOWSKISpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- JAMES WILLIAM POWERSPrivate First Class · February 6, 1966
- ELI WAYNE NICHOLSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD DENNIS KAMINSKIPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- RONALD LEE BECKETTCorporal · April 27, 1967
- GARY WAYNE KLINELance Corporal · June 3, 1967
- RICHARD ALLEN NELSONHospitalman · November 14, 1967
- VAUGHN THOMAS ONEILPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- JOHN FOLDVARY JRCorporal · March 17, 1968
- THOMAS JOHNSON BRADFORDCorporal · May 2, 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.