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STEPHEN ABRAM RUSHING
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 26, 1949 – July 30, 1970
Service recordStephen Abram Rushing, of Ames, Iowa, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 30, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 70 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 70
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Ames, Iowa (Story County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 30, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 30, 1970; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 70
- VINCENT PINAULA MOREHAMCorporal · July 30, 1970
- LEE RAYMOND PETERSWarrant Officer 1 · July 30, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN POMERINKESpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
- CLYDE LEWIS TENSLEYSpecialist Four · July 30, 1970
From Ames
- JAMES ALAN LASCHEPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- LARRY DEAN BLEEKERSecond Lieutenant · October 26, 1967
- JAMES LEE MERRICK JRLieutenant · October 3, 1968
- DAVID WENDELL MYERSCaptain · November 20, 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.