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WILLIAM ARDIE RUSH
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
June 26, 1924 – May 13, 1967
Service recordWilliam Ardie Rush, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 13, 1967, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 42. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 112
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
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Engineman (EN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- COMNAVSUPPACT SGN DET YRBM 17
- Born
- June 26, 1924
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 42
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 112
- BRUCE LEE ROTHHAARSergeant · May 13, 1967
- VIDAL SANCHEZ JRSpecialist Four · May 13, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS SARAKASPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SCHARIBONEPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.