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JON RAY SUMMERS
Gunnery Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
December 26, 1939 – May 20, 1969
Service recordJon Ray Summers, of Helena, Montana, served as a Gunnery Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 20, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 62
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
- Gunnery Sergeant (GYSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- December 26, 1939
- Home of record
- Helena, Montana (Lewis And Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 62
- JOSEPH CHARLES STONEFirst Lieutenant · May 20, 1969
- JOHN STEWART TAYLORPrivate · May 20, 1969
- PASQUALE TORRECorporal · May 20, 1969
- DOUGLAS DEAN VAUGHANLieutenant (junior grade) · May 20, 1969
From Helena
- JOHN ROBERT URBANWarrant Officer 1 · February 9, 1965
- JACK ISHUM DEMPSEYPetty Officer Second Class · June 17, 1966
- DAVID JAY ALLINSONColonel · August 12, 1966
- BRUCE BURTON BACKEBERGPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- JAMES LEO DARCYWarrant Officer 1 · April 6, 1967
- EDWARD ROY FRANK SRLieutenant Colonel · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT VIRTUS TILLOTSONPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- GEORGE ROLAN ANDERSONStaff Sergeant · October 6, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL GROSESergeant · February 25, 1969
- RICHARD HURRELL STUBEFirst Lieutenant · September 20, 1970
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.