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ROGER DALE SUMRALL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 16, 1947 – July 2, 1970
Service recordRoger Dale Sumrall, of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 2, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 113 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 113
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Hattiesburg, Mississippi (Forrest County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 2, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date July 2, 1970; eight of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 113
- ROBERT PAUL RADCLIFF JRSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- WILLIAM DALE SECORSergeant · July 2, 1970
- FRANK ANTHONY WEBSTERSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
- REXFORD EARLE WILSONSpecialist Four · July 2, 1970
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOHN CONRARDYPrivate First Class · Panel 9W, Line 110
- ROBERT WILLIAM ZOLLER IISpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 110
- STEPHEN JAMES HARBERSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 111
- THOMAS HAYDEN HERNDONSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 111
- THOMAS THEODORE HEWITTCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 111
- LEE NEWLUN LENZSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 111
- ARTHUR DARNELL NEALStaff Sergeant · Panel 9W, Line 112
- ROBERT PAUL RADCLIFF JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 113
From Hattiesburg
- JAMES WILLIAM SIZEMOREWarrant Officer 1 · November 4, 1965
- CECIL DOUGLAS BRELANDPrivate First Class · May 6, 1966
- OLIVER WENDELL MYERSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- THOMAS DEVECMON OTT IIAirman · July 29, 1967
- PAUL MELVYN DOUGLASStaff Sergeant · February 21, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY BURTONSpecialist Four · March 9, 1968
- MELVIN STETTINIUS LAMARCorporal · July 19, 1968
- EDWARD ERNEST MCBRIDEMajor · November 27, 1968
- DENNIS LEE ROADSSpecialist Four · April 8, 1969
- ELIJAH WALLACE BURKETTSpecialist Four · July 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.