HEADQUARTERS
UNITED STATES ARMY VIETNAM
APO San Francisco 96307
GENERAL ORDERS
24 June 1967
NUMBER 3134
AWARD OF THE DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE CROSS
1. TC 320. The following
AWARD is announced posthumously.
RUSHING, GARY G RA14872076 PRIVATE FIRST
CLASS E3 United States Army Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d
Battalion, 35th Infantry, 3d Brigade Task
Force, 25th Infantry Division, APO 96355
Awarded:. Distinguished Service Cross
Date action: 27 October 1966
Theater: Republic of Vietnam
Reason: For extraordinary heroism in
connection with military operations involving conflict with an armed
hostile force in the Republic of Vietnam: Private First Class Rushing
distinguished himself by exceptionally valorous actions on 27 October
1966 while serving as pointman with a platoon of the 35th Infantry on
a search and destroy mission. Leading the unit out of the landing
zone, Private Rushing alertly spotted and fired on two North
Vietnamese soldiers ahead of him. After mortar fire was placed in the
area to their front, Private Rushing again took the point. When he
suddenly received hostile sniper fire, he dauntlessly returned the
fire, allowing the platoon time to deploy just before the entire area
erupted into a fierce battle. When a soldier’s rifle jammed, Private
Rushing daringly exposed himself, ran to the man’s side and provided
covering fire until the weapon was repaired. Then, as the enemy began
to assault from another direction, he fearlessly shed his cumbersome
web gear, picked up his grenades and advanced alone through the dense
undergrowth. Disregarding the intense hostile fire directed at him,
Private Rushing continued to charge while firing his weapon and
throwing grenades. Through his courageous actions he killed three
insurgents and inspired his comrades to rout the enemy; however, he
was mortally wounded by hostile fire as he attempted to return for
more ammunition. Private First Class Rushing’s extraordinary heroism
and devotion to duty, at the cost of his life, were in keeping with
the highest traditions of the military service and reflect great
credit upon himself, his unit, and the United States Army.
Authority: By direction of the President
under the provisions of the Act of Congress, approved 25 July 1963, and
Department of the Army message 782774, dated 19 September 1966.
