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DAVID DEE GUMMERE
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
August 1, 1942 – April 29, 1966
Service recordDavid Dee Gummere, of La Habra, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 29, 1966, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 9
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 1, 1942
- Home of record
- La Habra, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 29, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date April 29, 1966; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 9
- JAMES EARL CUNNINGHAMSpecialist Four · April 29, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- DARYL LEE KADOUSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- LAWRENCE DOUGLAS KNUTHFirst Lieutenant · April 29, 1966
From La Habra
- PETER FREDERICK CHERNEYLieutenant · February 2, 1968
- EDWARD ANDREW GILLASPYPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- STEPHEN DOUGLAS JOYNERFirst Lieutenant · June 15, 1968
- ROSS MCCLLELAN PRESTONPrivate First Class · June 20, 1968
- HENRY CLAY KNIGHTChief Warrant Officer 2 · October 20, 1968
- RALPH THOMAS SANDPrivate First Class · April 4, 1969
- JONATHAN WAYNE ALLMANPrivate First Class · April 21, 1969
- DAVID TERRELL HOWARDPrivate First Class · June 5, 1969
- WILLIAM THEODORE BROWNSergeant First Class · November 3, 1969
- STEVEN LYNN CATINOCorporal · February 10, 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.