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DONALD LEE PUMPHREY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 18, 1947 – August 12, 1968
Service recordDonald Lee Pumphrey, of Springfield, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 18, 1947
- Home of record
- Springfield, Missouri (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Long An Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 3
- LARRY JOE PURCELLSergeant · August 12, 1968
- RICHARD ALLEN SCOTTSergeant · August 12, 1968
- PETER WALTER SLABINGERCorporal · August 12, 1968
- THOMAS CHARLES TREADWAYSpecialist Five · August 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MERLIN HERMAN BERGANSergeant First Class · Panel 49W, Line 50
- STEPHEN MICHAEL CARNINECorporal · Panel 49W, Line 51
- THADDEUS DURRETTSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 52
- EARNEST EATMAN JRPrivate First Class · Panel 49W, Line 52
- BOBBY FREEMANSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 53
- HARRY JAMES HAASSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 53
- MILTON COOKSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 54
- STANLEY GENE HOLTONSpecialist Four · Panel 49W, Line 54
- ROBERT FRANCIS MCMANUSCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 1
- RONALD LEE MUEHLBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 1
- THOMAS E MORTICE IIISergeant · Panel 48W, Line 2
- RONALD LEE PANZERSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 2
- DENNIS ALTON PRICEPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 2
- LARRY JOE PURCELLSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 3
- RICHARD ALLEN SCOTTSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 3
- PETER WALTER SLABINGERCorporal · Panel 48W, Line 3
- LONNIE JOSEPH TULLIERStaff Sergeant · Panel 48W, Line 4
From Springfield
- SHEPHEN HIETT PHILLIPSSergeant · July 18, 1965
- WILBERT CLAUDE DAVISSergeant · October 12, 1965
- DAVID MARSHALL KNIGHTSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- DOUGLAS BLAKE HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 24, 1967
- JACK EUGENE GOSS IIPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- RANDALL KERWIN RUSSELLSergeant · July 6, 1967
- ROBERT DEAN CRAWFORDPrivate First Class · October 24, 1967
- JAMES DOYLE STOKESPrivate · November 30, 1967
- CHARLES KIRBY WILCOXCaptain · January 9, 1968
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.