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CORNEALUS PUMPHREY JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 31, 1940 – May 20, 1968
Service recordCornealus Pumphrey JR, of Corcoran, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 64E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 31, 1940
- Home of record
- Corcoran, California (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64E, Line 7
- ROBERT JOSEPH HARTLEYSergeant · May 20, 1968
- WILLIE JAMES MCCLAIN JRCorporal · May 20, 1968
- THOMAS EDWIN MCKNIGHTLance Corporal · May 20, 1968
- ROBERT DEAN PLATOMaster Sergeant · May 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY WAYNE DUNNSpecialist Five · Panel 64E, Line 4
From Corcoran
- STEPHEN H GAYMONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1966
- JULIAN MARINPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- JOSE GILBERT BARRERAPrivate First Class · November 12, 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.