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RALPH RONALD CUMMINGS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 13, 1951 – March 18, 1970
Service recordRalph Ronald Cummings, of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1970, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 17
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 13, 1951
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, New Hampshire (Rockingham County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 17
- OSCAR ALLEN CONNELLSpecialist Four · March 18, 1970
- NATHANIEL COX JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1970
- CAROL DEAN DALESergeant · March 18, 1970
- LAWRENCE SCOTT MILLERCorporal · March 18, 1970
From Portsmouth
- GEORGE EDWARD JOYCEPrivate · December 5, 1965
- JAMES B BARTLETTSergeant · July 2, 1966
- WILLIAM NEWCOMER FEASTERCaptain · October 26, 1966
- RONALD RAYMOND CORMIERPrivate First Class · April 21, 1967
- EUGENE FREDERICK SWEET JRPrivate First Class · January 4, 1968
- MICHAEL LAWRENCE SUCCICorporal · March 14, 1968
- JOHN CHRISTOPHER ARCHBOLDMajor · June 7, 1969
- CLYDE DOUGLAS ALLOWAYTechnical Sergeant · June 7, 1970
- BRADLEY ELLIOTT SANDFORDFirst Sergeant · December 27, 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.