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EARL PHILLIP SUMMERSILL
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 25, 1942 – April 26, 1968
Service recordEarl Phillip Summersill, of Apopka, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 26, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 24
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 25, 1942
- Home of record
- Apopka, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; 28 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 134 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 24
- JAMES CHRISTOPHER SMITHLance Corporal · April 26, 1968
- RAYMOND JULIUS SMITHSergeant · April 26, 1968
- MICHAEL PAUL STILESSpecialist Five · April 26, 1968
- LILBURN RAY STOWMajor · April 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DONALD KIETH DUDLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 17
- BILLY REX FOSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 18
- STEVE ALDMAN HARDINGStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 18
- ROBERT EDWARD LEASpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 21
- JAMES WILLIE TERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 25
From Apopka
- JERRY JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 19, 1967
- JACKIE ELMORE WALLACEPrivate First Class · June 15, 1968
- ROBERT KEITH WITTMANPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
- EUGENE BROWNStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1970
- JOSEPH MCGUCKINSpecialist Four · October 5, 1970
- GEORGE WILLIAM CARTERMajor · April 24, 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.