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DONALD L SUMMERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 7, 1944 – August 15, 1966
Service recordDonald L Summers, of Mayhill, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 15, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 11
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Mayhill, New Mexico (Otero County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 15, 1966
- Age
- 22
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 15, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 98 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 11
- RAYMOND STEPTOEPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM EDWARD TAYLORMajor · August 15, 1966
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN VASCONCELLOSPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN FRANKLIN BOYCEFirst Lieutenant · Panel 10E, Line 6
- FRED BROWN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 6
- HENRY BUTLERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 7
- BOBBY J COFFELTSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 7
- WILLIAM MARK CROYStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 7
- MICHAEL C DUNDASWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10E, Line 7
- CANEY GREENSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 8
- KENNETH HAWSEYFirst Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 8
- SANFORD LEVON JACKSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 9
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES RICHARD MORLEYSergeant · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 9
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 10
- WILLIAM EDWARD TAYLORMajor · Panel 10E, Line 11
- FRED L THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 11
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 12
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.