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NATHANIEL CUMMINGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 6, 1949 – June 9, 1968
Service recordNathaniel Cummings, of Arkadelphia, Arkansas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 58W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 58W · Line 7
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 6, 1949
- Home of record
- Arkadelphia, Arkansas (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 58W, Line 7
- EDWIN LEWIS CAHALLPetty Officer First Class · June 9, 1968
- JOSEPH MICHAEL CHEARNLEYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- PATRICK BRIAN COPPOSergeant · June 9, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL DRAPERStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1968
From Arkadelphia
- FLOYD CORNELIUS DENSONSergeant · June 20, 1966
- ROBERT DOTSON HUIE JRCaptain · April 19, 1969
- DONALD LEE KINGERYFirst Lieutenant · November 30, 1969
- DEXTER BUSH FLORENCEFirst Lieutenant · October 29, 1972
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.