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DANIEL TERRY CUMMINGS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 26, 1945 – January 17, 1967
Service recordDaniel Terry Cummings, of Jersey City, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 17, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 26, 1945
- Home of record
- Jersey City, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 17, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date January 17, 1967; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while Operation Cedar Falls was under way. Operation Cedar Falls (8–26 January 1967) sent some 30,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops into the “Iron Triangle” northwest of Saigon to destroy Viet Cong base areas and tunnels. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 43
- HERBERT HAROLD CROWDERSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · January 17, 1967
- JAMES ESSARYSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
- EDWARD RALPH GLENN JRSpecialist Four · January 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HERBERT HAROLD CROWDERSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 43
- HERSCHEL LEE EPPS JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 43
- LARRY GENE GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 44
- FRANK J KREBSPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 45
- CEFERINO ADRAN ORTIZ-ORTIZSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 46
From Jersey City
- ISMAEL JUSON PAREDESSpecialist Five · November 17, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDREW PLEASANTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- ONEAL LEGETTESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS OSHAUGHNESSYPrivate · February 7, 1966
- STANLEY T DEMBOSKIPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES KEENANPrivate First Class · April 26, 1966
- FRANK ELLIS LYONSStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1966
- JESSE CLARENCE FELDERSpecialist Four · June 29, 1966
- MICHAEL JAMES BILLERO JRSpecialist Four · August 14, 1966
- FRANCIS WILLIAM MACKPetty Officer Third Class · August 17, 1966
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.