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FORREST DARRYL SUMTER
Corporal · U.S. Army
July 14, 1950 – March 16, 1970
Service recordForrest Darryl Sumter, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 16, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · 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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- July 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 16, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 16, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 11
- JAMES STEVEN STANLEYSpecialist Four · March 16, 1970
- GORDON CHARLES STAUFFERCorporal · March 16, 1970
- DAVID WALDENSergeant First Class · March 16, 1970
- DONALD WAYNE WILSONPetty Officer First Class · March 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNY RAY ALLENSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 2
- FERNANDO DELA CRUZStaff Sergeant · Panel 12W, Line 4
- ROBERT RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 12W, Line 9
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 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.