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CECIL HOWARD HUMPHREY JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 8, 1946 – May 31, 1968
Service recordCecil Howard Humphrey JR, of Madison, Indiana, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 31, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 62W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 62W · Line 11
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 8, 1946
- Home of record
- Madison, Indiana (Jefferson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1968; 54 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 62W, Line 11
- NORMAN EDWARD HICKS JRCorporal · May 31, 1968
- HARRELL WAYNE JOHNSONLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- PETER JON KAULBACKLance Corporal · May 31, 1968
- DOUGLAS MANUEL ROGERSCorporal · May 31, 1968
From Madison
- BARRY LANE RIGSBYPrivate First Class · February 14, 1968
- MARVIN LEO MILLERPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- GALE WILLIAM DIXONSergeant · May 22, 1968
- DONALD WAYNE BROWNSpecialist Five · January 3, 1969
- DICKEY CRAIGSergeant · October 19, 1970
- DONALD RUSSELL HOSKINSTechnical Sergeant · April 26, 1972
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.