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ROBERT GEORGE CUMMINGS JR
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
December 11, 1929 – September 17, 1966
Service recordRobert George Cummings JR, of Rensselaer, New York, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on September 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Supply Specialist (76K)
- Born
- December 11, 1929
- Home of record
- Rensselaer, New York (Rensselaer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1966
- Age
- 36
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 105
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- FRANK FREDERICK DOUGLASPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- DENNIS KEITH EAKERLance Corporal · September 17, 1966
- ERVIN JUNIOR EMERSONPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
From Rensselaer
- RAYMOND ANTHONY RANELLUCCIPrivate First Class · March 15, 1966
- WILLIAM VINCENT SHORTSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- ARTHUR PAUL KONEVALPrivate First Class · March 31, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD MOORE JRSpecialist Four · January 1, 1970
- LANNY GUY LADOUCEURFirst Lieutenant · May 19, 1970
- KENNETH EARLSTON OLIVERCorporal · August 12, 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.