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JAMES HOWELL SUMNER
First Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 15, 1928 – May 2, 1969
Service recordJames Howell Sumner, of Jeffersonville, Indiana, served as a First Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 2, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 40. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 103
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- First Sergeant (1STSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 15, 1928
- Home of record
- Jeffersonville, Indiana (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1969
- Age
- 40
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 103
- CHARLES HOWARD SHELTONLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS STEWARTCorporal · May 2, 1969
- LARRY DAVID STOLLARLance Corporal · May 2, 1969
- THOMAS NEIL STRICKLANDPrivate First Class · May 2, 1969
From Jeffersonville
- LEONARD ISLER CRAVENStaff Sergeant · February 11, 1966
- DAVID MARVIN JOLLEY JRSpecialist Four · May 22, 1966
- GUY CLIFTON GETTINGSPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- RICHARD LOUIS BARTLEYCorporal · January 31, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE MORMAN JRSergeant · November 11, 1968
- MALCOLM EUGENE LOMAXPrivate · November 27, 1968
- CARL RODMAN HINKLESpecialist Four · December 29, 1968
- RICHARD TYRONE LEAVELLPrivate First Class · April 5, 1969
- ROBERT DEAN LEWISSpecialist Four · May 12, 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.