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BOBBY RECE SUMPTER
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 28, 1949 – September 8, 1968
Service recordBobby Rece Sumpter, of California, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 6
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 28, 1949
- Home of record
- California, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 6
- DONALD RAYFORD ROBINSONPrivate First Class · September 8, 1968
- TERRY AUSTIN RUTHFirst Lieutenant · September 8, 1968
- REX RUSSELL SAGEColonel · September 8, 1968
- MICKEY LYNN SWATSLEYSpecialist Four · September 8, 1968
From California
- OSBORNE MATTINGLY JRSpecialist Four · June 25, 1970
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.