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LONNIE EUGENE DUMAS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 1, 1949 – December 29, 1970
Service recordLonnie Eugene Dumas, of Miami, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 29, 1970, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- October 1, 1949
- Home of record
- Miami, Oklahoma (Ottawa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 29, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date December 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 14
- TIMOTHY HOWARD LACYSpecialist Four · December 29, 1970
- JOHN EMORY NORTONCorporal · December 29, 1970
- HOWARD WAYNE BRAMLETT JRPrivate First Class · December 30, 1970
- PARK GEORGE BUNKERCaptain · December 30, 1970
From Miami
- DREW DOUGLAS SHIPLEYSergeant · December 10, 1967
- THOMAS DALE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · December 22, 1967
- JAMES TERRY RANSTEADSecond Lieutenant · January 22, 1968
- GARY BRUCE MIDKIFFSergeant · February 4, 1968
- LEONARD ELZY EULITTPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- DONALD LEE RANKINSCorporal · June 12, 1968
- RONALD LLOYD SANDERSSpecialist Five · February 23, 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.