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STEPHEN WILLIAM CUMMINGS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 29, 1948 – April 15, 1969
Service recordStephen William Cummings, of Holden, Massachusetts, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 85
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Holden, Massachusetts (Worcester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 85
- BOBBY RUSSELL BAKERSpecialist Four · April 15, 1969
- STANLEY ALAN CARTERSergeant · April 15, 1969
- ALBERT EUGENE CREAMERSergeant · April 15, 1969
- TERRENCE JOHN MORTENSENWarrant Officer 1 · April 15, 1969
From Holden
- CARL E HOSNANDERCorporal · April 5, 1968
- PHILIP JOSEPH TAYLORPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- DALE ADAMS BLAKEPrivate First Class · March 20, 1970
- ROBERT PHILIP NOWICKICorporal · December 21, 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.