Hometown: West Amwell, NJ
Branch: U.S. Air Force
Unit: 4th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 366th Tactical Fighter Wing, Seventh Air Force 
Military Honors: Distinguished Flying Cross with Oak Leaf Cluster, Air Medal with six Oak Leaf Clusters, Purple Heart
Date of Sacrifice: March 7, 1972 - KIA in Salavan Province, Laos
Age: 28
Conflict: Vietnam War, 1959-1975

Bio story pending…

Sources
Story details contributed by retired Maj. Gen. Sharon Bannister, Capt. Rusch’s daughter.
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency: Capt. Stephen Arthur Rusch
The Evening Times, Jul. 28, 1965: Latest News Of Servicemen From The Delaware Valley Area
The Evening Times, Feb. 21, 1966: News Of Servicemen
The Evening Times, Sep. 17, 1969: In The Service
U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command: Gunfighter missing in action identified
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial & Museum: Stephen Rusch - Captain
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund—Stephen Rusch
The Star-Ledger, Nov. 28, 2007: Two teeth solve the 35-year mystery of a Jersey MIA
Air Force Medical Service: Echoes of Vietnam: An Air Force family legacy
Case Western Reserve University, THINK Magazine: Lives of Service
Burial Site: Find a Grave