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CHESTER ARTHUR CUMMINGS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1923 – May 3, 1967
Service recordChester Arthur Cummings, of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 3, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 1, 1923
- Home of record
- Fitchburg, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 3, 1967
- Age
- 44
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date May 3, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 23
- CHARLES CECIL DAVISPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TOMMY EUGENE DICKERSONPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- CHARLES LEONARD DOOMSpecialist Four · May 3, 1967
- JAMES RAY DOWDYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
Same unit, same day
- AMADOR L GONZALEZSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 25
- ROY NANCE MANNSSpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 27
- CLEON LARRY SCHREFFLERCorporal · Panel 19E, Line 32
From Fitchburg
- PAUL FRANCIS MCNALLYCaptain · June 6, 1965
- CHARLES EHNSTROM TOFFERICaptain · October 20, 1966
- THOMAS ALFRED DESCHENESSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- EARL EDWARD TYREEPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- PHILIP RONALD CHASSIONMaster Sergeant · February 2, 1968
- GERALD ROGER LEGERSergeant · March 24, 1968
- WILBUR LEO WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- ROBERT DAVID GARIEPYCorporal · May 4, 1968
- LEO RENE MARCOULIERCaptain · June 6, 1969
- FRANCIS GERALD FRECHETTECorporal · June 17, 1969
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.