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ROBERT HUGH GUMM JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 27, 1949 – November 13, 1970
Service recordRobert Hugh Gumm JR, of Cowen, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- November 27, 1949
- Home of record
- Cowen, West Virginia (Webster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 56
- SALVATORE JOSEPH ARMATOPrivate First Class · November 13, 1970
- WILLIAM W BANCROFT JRFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1970
- KEN DWIGHT BURNSPrivate First Class · November 13, 1970
- JOHN JOSEPH FARNSWORTH JRSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
From Cowen
- LLOYD ALLEN CHESSCorporal · November 26, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES SALISBURYSergeant First Class · November 10, 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.