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WILLIAM LENDELL RUSHING
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 30, 1946 – May 6, 1968
Service recordWilliam Lendell Rushing, of Austin, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 16
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 30, 1946
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
102 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 16
- JOHNNIE CECIL SMITH JRPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- MILTON EARL SPEARSPrivate First Class · May 6, 1968
- LONNY LAWRENCE STEWARTSergeant · May 6, 1968
- ALLEN ARTHUR STRAUSSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.