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JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 18, 1946 – September 17, 1966
Service recordJohn Rudolph Cummins JR, of Roswell, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Roswell, New Mexico (Chaves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 51 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 105
- ROBERT GEORGE CUMMINGS JRSpecialist Six · September 17, 1966
- FRANK FREDERICK DOUGLASPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DENNIS KEITH EAKERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ERVIN JUNIOR EMERSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM GORDON FLEMING JRPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 106
- HAROLD PAUL LEAPHARTCorporal · Panel 10E, Line 107
- GARY EUGENE MCCASLINPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 108
- ALFRED MCPHERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 109
From Roswell
- LAVON STEPHEN WILSONSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- CRESENCIO PAUL SANCHEZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- GERALD SHIELDS SIMONSMajor · August 8, 1966
- JULIUS MITCHELL SANDERSPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- LARRY PAUL CAMPOSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1966
- JOHN K ADAMSCaptain · March 26, 1967
- TRINE ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HECTOR MARIO SAENZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- BENNIE LEE WESTCorporal · September 1, 1967
- WILLIAM COY JONESSpecialist Four · December 20, 1967
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.