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THOMAS EARL SUMLIN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 6, 1947 – December 9, 1969
Service recordThomas Earl Sumlin, of Shubuta, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 44 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 44
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Shubuta, Mississippi (Clarke County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1969; three of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 44
- EUGENE PAUL SHUMBRISCaptain · December 9, 1969
- JEFFERY NOLAN SMITHHospitalman · December 9, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN SWEDENBURGSpecialist Four · December 9, 1969
- CHARLES STANLEY TARBERTCorporal · December 9, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOE B OJEDASpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 43
- ROBERT JOHN SWEDENBURGSpecialist Four · Panel 15W, Line 44
- CHARLES STANLEY TARBERTCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 44
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.