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HAROLD ERVIN CUMBIE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 19, 1926 – November 21, 1967
Service recordHarold Ervin Cumbie, of Hope, Arkansas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 21, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 19, 1926
- Home of record
- Hope, Arkansas (Hempstead County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 21, 1967
- Age
- 41
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date November 21, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 55
- WILLIE LEE BROADNAXPrivate First Class · November 21, 1967
- FRED RICHARD DODECorporal · November 21, 1967
- KINNETH GLENN EDWARDSSpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
- NORMAN ROBERT GOBLESpecialist Four · November 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOSE ESTABAN RODRIGUEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 59
- RONALD GORDON SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 60
From Hope
- EDDIE LEROY ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 29, 1967
- JOHN FREDERICK BARRLieutenant Commander · October 18, 1967
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.