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JAMES ALBERT KUMMINGS
Captain · U.S. Army
April 9, 1945 – June 4, 1969
Service recordJames Albert Kummings, of West Lafayette, Indiana, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 4, 1969, in Ba Xugen Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 65
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Fixed Wing Aviation Unit Commander (1980)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- April 9, 1945
- Home of record
- West Lafayette, Indiana (Tippecanoe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Ba Xugen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1969; he was the only one lost in Ba Xugen Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 31 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 65
- WILLIAM C BURGESS JRPrivate First Class · June 4, 1969
- ROBERT LEE JENNINGSSergeant · June 4, 1969
- CHARLES LEWIS KINGSpecialist Five · June 4, 1969
- OSCAR CLEMENT MAYER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · June 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK DALE FINCHSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 63
- OSCAR CLEMENT MAYER IIIWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 65
- MICHAEL DENTIS TURNERSpecialist Five · Panel 23W, Line 68
- JOSEPH VINCENT ZAPPINI JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 69
From West Lafayette
- DENNIS LEE BURTONSpecialist Four · July 2, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN JOHNSONSpecialist Four · January 31, 1970
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.