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DAVE CUMMINGS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 22, 1948 – January 10, 1968
Service recordDave Cummings JR, of Memphis, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 16
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 27 INF 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Memphis, Tennessee (Shelby County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1968; seven of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 16
- WILLIE JAMES COTTRELLStaff Sergeant · January 10, 1968
- BOBBY DEAN CRAWFORDSergeant · January 10, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- DAVID CHRISTOPHER DAILYCorporal · January 10, 1968
From Memphis
- JESSE ALEXANDER GRAYSergeant First Class · June 12, 1964
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- JOHN CARLOS HARRISSergeant · July 21, 1965
- WALTER LEWIS SMITHPrivate First Class · August 19, 1965
- CLAUDE TALBERT JRPrivate First Class · October 8, 1965
- WILLIAM CLYDE HARPERSergeant · October 10, 1965
- DANIEL DAVID HARDENSergeant · November 1, 1965
- RANDLE TOM WOODSLance Corporal · November 6, 1965
- KELLY EUGENE WHITAKERPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- MELVIN FRANK FORTSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
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.