Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: L Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Meritorious Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 20-Apr-1942
Hometown: Brandon, Mississippi
Marital status: Married to Jessie M. Rushing
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 14-Jul-1964
Start of tour: 23-Aug-1966
Incident date: 14-Feb-1967
Date of casualty: 14-Feb-1967
Age at death: 24
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Small Arms Fire. Gun or small arms fire.
Edward Franklin Rushing was hit by hostile sniper fire while a passenger in a military vehicle.
Location of fatality: Phuoc Tuy, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Lena Cemetery, Lena, Mississippi, USA
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