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ROBERT MICHAEL KUMMELL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 23, 1950 – November 7, 1968
Service recordRobert Michael Kummell, of Enid, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 39W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 39W · Line 33
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Enid, Oklahoma (Garfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 7, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 7, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 39W, Line 33
- LARRY PAUL BROWNSpecialist Four · November 7, 1968
- EDWARD ALBERT FRYER JRSpecialist Four · November 7, 1968
- CHARLES WAYNE HALLPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAEL KUBICAPrivate First Class · November 7, 1968
From Enid
- JERRY DEAN TABERSpecialist Five · November 5, 1966
- GERALD RAY BURNSLance Corporal · November 8, 1966
- RODNEY L RIEGERCaptain · February 24, 1967
- TOMMY WAYNE HALEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- HARVEY LEE REMBERTLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- LESTER JAMES VEAZEYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- RONALD WAYNE SHIELDSLance Corporal · February 13, 1968
- ROBERT BENJAMIN HUDSONSpecialist Four · February 24, 1968
- BILLY RAY KIELYSpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- HARLIN PERRY TREENMajor · August 12, 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.