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JAMES DOUGLAS RUMMEL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 9, 1950 – June 13, 1970
Service recordJames Douglas Rummel, of Florence, Montana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 50
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Florence, Montana (Ravalli County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1970; three of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 33 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 50
- PHILLIP WILLIAM GREEN JRSpecialist Four · June 13, 1970
- MICHAEL ANTHONY GROSSSergeant · June 13, 1970
- DENNIS EDWARD HEITNERFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1970
- LEWIS EUGENE HUGHES IILance Corporal · June 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT MOORE JRPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 51
- DONNIE RAY SIZEMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 52
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.