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ROBERT CHARLES RUSHER
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 19, 1942 – January 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Charles Rusher, of Tracy, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 74
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 19, 1942
- Home of record
- Tracy, California (San Joaquin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
77 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 74
- LOUIS GENE PETRONE JRLance Corporal · January 7, 1968
- EDWARD JAMES REEDERSergeant · January 7, 1968
- HUBERT ROYSTER JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
- PHILIP EDWARD RUMINSKI JRSpecialist Four · January 7, 1968
From Tracy
- LARKIN OSCAR VALLERANDLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE STANDRIDGECorporal · November 23, 1967
- MANUEL CATANO NEVESCorporal · December 6, 1967
- WILLIAM PISHNER JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 10, 1970
- DONNIE HOWARD RUSSELLSergeant · July 3, 1970
- RAYMOND R ENYEART JRSpecialist Five · January 5, 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.