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GARY LUMPKIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 1, 1945 – December 1, 1966
Service recordGary Lumpkin, of New Brunswick, New Jersey, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 1, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 1
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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 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1945
- Home of record
- New Brunswick, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 1, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date December 1, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 1
- GEORGE LOUIS GAVARIASpecialist Five · December 1, 1966
- WALTER DARYLE LEACHSpecialist Four · December 1, 1966
- ALLAN JOSEPH NELSON JRPrivate First Class · December 1, 1966
- LUIS ANTONIO RAMIREZLance Corporal · December 1, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WALTER DARYLE LEACHSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 1
- WILLIAM LEE WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 13E, Line 2
From New Brunswick
- NED RAYMOND HERROLDCaptain · May 31, 1966
- RICHARD JOSEPH ANASIEWICZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- ANTHONY CHARLES COFFAROPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- JAMES ARTHUR SKILESPrivate First Class · March 3, 1967
- RICHARD TREMBLAYLance Corporal · March 8, 1967
- JAMES MINES JRCorporal · April 30, 1967
- FRANKIE ZOLY MOLNARStaff Sergeant · May 20, 1967
- JOHN ALFONSOLance Corporal · July 19, 1967
- MARION MARSHALL HOPKINSCorporal · October 4, 1967
- LINWOOD EARL HYMANPrivate First Class · November 27, 1969
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.