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HARRY JAMES LUMPKIN
Private · U.S. Army
February 24, 1949 – October 10, 1970
Service recordHarry James Lumpkin, of Albany, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 123
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Radio Repairer (31E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- February 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Albany, Georgia (Dougherty County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In October 1970, 318 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 123
- RAYMOND GREGORY MOORESergeant · October 9, 1969
- DON JENKINSPrivate First Class · October 10, 1970
- DANIEL STEPHEN LAZARLance Corporal · October 10, 1970
- THOMAS CHARLES SCHIESSPrivate First Class · October 10, 1970
From Albany
- JOSEPH EARNEST HIPPPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- BENJAMIN GEORGE SPEARSSergeant · March 7, 1966
- WILLIAM EARL COOPERColonel · April 24, 1966
- GLEN EVERETT WALLACEStaff Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BARNESPrivate First Class · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT LEE DORSEYSergeant · August 16, 1966
- JOSEPH HUBERT GOINGS JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1967
- DONNIE COLEMANSpecialist Four · September 7, 1967
- MARVIN ROYCE DAVISSergeant · December 15, 1967
- WILLIE JACKSONPrivate First Class · February 22, 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.