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JOHN FLOYD HUMMEL
Chief Warrant Officer 3 · U.S. Army
August 10, 1948 – March 6, 1971
Service recordJohn Floyd Hummel, of Barstow, Texas, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 3 in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 6, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 28
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 3 (CW3)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- August 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Barstow, Texas (Ward County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 6, 1971
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1971; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 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.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 4W, Line 28
- RONALD THOMAS HOFFMANSpecialist Five · March 6, 1971
- KENNETH HAROLD JONESPrivate First Class · March 6, 1971
- JOHN ALBERT LUKESpecialist Four · March 6, 1971
- FRANCIS DAVID LUPOPetty Officer Second Class · March 6, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM PATRICK MILLINERChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 4W, Line 29
From Barstow
- EMILIO GAMBOA GARCIACorporal · January 23, 1968
- JOSE RENTERIA DIAZSergeant · April 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.