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KENNETH THOMAS CUMMINGS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 20, 1946 – September 4, 1969
Service recordKenneth Thomas Cummings, of New York, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 4, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 31
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Parachutist, Infantry Unit Commander (71542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 92 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- August 20, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 4, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date September 4, 1969; eight of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “92 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 31
- REGINALD PETER BEGNOCHESpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
- LAYNE HALE CONNEVEYFirst Lieutenant · September 4, 1969
- CLIFFORD JOHN CONSTANTINOSpecialist Four · September 4, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LAYNE HALE CONNEVEYFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 31
- GEORGE L KLEIBER JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18W, Line 33
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.