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DAVID DONALD DUMAS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 4, 1946 – October 27, 1968
Service recordDavid Donald Dumas, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 27, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1968; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 43
- ROBERT CLIFTON EDMUNDS JRMajor · October 27, 1968
- LOUIS ARTHUR FRYESergeant First Class · October 27, 1968
- ALFRED DOUGLAS GARRETTSergeant First Class · October 27, 1968
- JAMES LEON HAMILTONFirst Lieutenant · October 27, 1968
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 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.