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WAYNE STERLING RUSHTON
Constructionman · U.S. Navy
July 28, 1949 – December 31, 1970
Service recordWayne Sterling Rushton, of Eastlake, Ohio, served as a Constructionman in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 31, 1970, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 18
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. Navy
- Rank
- Constructionman (CN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Constructionman (CN)
- Born
- July 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Eastlake, Ohio (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1970; five of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 18
- JOHN JOSEPH ORSINI JRSpecialist Four · December 31, 1970
- THURSTON CRAIG ROBERTSPrivate First Class · December 31, 1970
- ALFREDO SALAZARSergeant · December 31, 1970
- HENRY JAMES SIMSSergeant · December 31, 1970
From Eastlake
- DENNIS FLOYD AMATOSergeant · November 27, 1965
- ERNEST GALE TOMPKINSSpecialist Four · February 14, 1966
- RICHARD PAUL HOUSTONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID FRANCOIS FISHERPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- RAYMOND FREDERICK BEAUCHAMPPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · June 23, 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.