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CHARLES HENRY CUMMINGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1951 – March 12, 1970
Service recordCharles Henry Cummings, of Hadley, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1970, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 115
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 10, 1951
- Home of record
- Hadley, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1970; 13 of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 115
- GERALD THOMAS ATKINSONSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- KENNETH JOE AUSTONCorporal · March 12, 1970
- LESTER VINCENT CAFIERO JRCorporal · March 12, 1970
- TERRY ELMER GUENTHERCorporal · March 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD DWIGHT CUNNINGHAMChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 13W, Line 116
- JAY THOMAS DANDURANDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 13W, Line 116
- GARY DOUGLAS MCNICOLSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 119
From Hadley
- EDDIE MARTIN ADAMSFireman · November 11, 1968
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.