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JOHN THOMAS SUMMERS III
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 20, 1949 – March 28, 1968
Service recordJohn Thomas Summers III, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 60
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- August 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 46E, Line 60
- ARTHUR L TUCKERPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- MICHAEL WALTER WALLACELieutenant Commander · March 28, 1968
- FRANK TAYLOR WATTSLance Corporal · March 28, 1968
- HOWARD DANIEL WEEKSSergeant · March 28, 1968
- WALTER GENE WILSONPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES DIMAGARDFirst Lieutenant · Panel 46E, Line 53
- BERNARD MCKINLEY RICHARDSONCorporal · Panel 46E, Line 58
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.