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RICHARD MICHAEL CUMMINGS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1940 – January 13, 1967
Service recordRichard Michael Cummings, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 24
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1940
- Home of record
- Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania (Luzerne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while Operation Cedar Falls was under way. Operation Cedar Falls (8–26 January 1967) sent some 30,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops into the “Iron Triangle” northwest of Saigon to destroy Viet Cong base areas and tunnels. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 24
- WILLIAM LEWIS RANDOLPHPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · January 13, 1967
- RICHARD ALBERT ROBBCorporal · January 13, 1967
- GERALD STEVENSStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND ALBERT BIZZELLSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 19
- JAMES ODEN DOUBERLYStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 20
- FORDHAM E FINCH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 21
- GEORGE HENRY HADDOXSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 22
- HENRY WAYNE WEBSTERSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 25
From Wilkes-Barre
- WAYNE GILMORE SCHWARTZStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS CONLON IIIMajor · March 4, 1966
- JOSEPH JAMES BORICKPrivate First Class · April 28, 1967
- FRANK JOSEPH SHOVLINPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- CHESTER DONALD PAULLSergeant · June 20, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWARD BRUNNPrivate First Class · January 19, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARD PERRINSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE BERNARD AYERSCorporal · April 24, 1968
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH MCRAEPrivate First Class · April 30, 1968
- WAYNE BENJAMIN WOLFKEILColonel · August 9, 1968
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.