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DAVID EDWARD DUMOND
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 22, 1947 – September 17, 1967
Service recordDavid Edward Dumond, of Middletown, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 83
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Middletown, New York (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “C CO 2 BN 34 ARM 25 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 83
- ROBERT NORMAND DECHENEWarrant Officer 1 · September 17, 1967
- MERLE L DUEMANMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1967
- WALTER EUGENE ELLISPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- WILLIE ELLISON JRSpecialist Four · September 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- MERRELL J CLAYBURNSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 82
- THOMAS JAMES DANIELSSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 82
- RONALD G YACKSSpecialist Four · Panel 26E, Line 87
From Middletown
- ERNEST ROSADO SRSpecialist Four · May 5, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE LAFLEURPrivate First Class · May 30, 1968
- ROBERT LEE ANDERSONCorporal · May 23, 1969
- JOHN AZEL RINGHOLMCorporal · June 24, 1970
- KARL WILLIAM TITUSSpecialist Five · October 2, 1970
- JAMES VINCENT DRAGONESergeant · December 23, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL HOTALINGSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- DAVID DONALD STOVERSpecialist Four · April 18, 1972
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.