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JAMES R CUMBERPATCH JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1946 – June 23, 1966
Service recordJames R Cumberpatch JR, of Bethesda, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 79
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 3, 1946
- Home of record
- Bethesda, Maryland (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 79
- JOHN WAIKANE CABRERASpecialist Four · June 23, 1966
- SHERMAN CHAPMAN JRSergeant First Class · June 23, 1966
- FRANCISCO LUNAStaff Sergeant · June 23, 1966
- FREDDY LEE SAPPPrivate First Class · June 23, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WAIKANE CABRERASpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 79
- FREDDY LEE SAPPPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 79
- WILLIAM DOWDYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- DELL GENE HAMPTONPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 80
- BENTFORD BENNETTPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 81
- JERRY JACK JOHNSONSecond Lieutenant · Panel 8E, Line 81
- JAMES THOMAS LESTERSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 81
- RAYMOND MONTELL CARLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 82
- GEORGE LINWOO MCWILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 8E, Line 82
- HONORIO RAMIREZ JRSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 82
- CHARLES CLINTON WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 8E, Line 83
- LARRY DOUGLAS WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · Panel 8E, Line 83
From Bethesda
- ARTHUR G KLIPPENSecond Lieutenant · August 25, 1966
- BRUCE CHALMERS DUCATMajor · December 2, 1966
- JOHN MULLEN JOYCEPrivate First Class · November 8, 1967
- JON ALBERT JULIASergeant · February 22, 1968
- PAUL WINTHROP SMITHSONSecond Lieutenant · November 20, 1968
- THOMAS GAINES TURNERSergeant · March 9, 1969
- JAMES PATRICK WARDFirst Lieutenant · July 11, 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.