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THOMAS EDWARD BUMGARNER
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 28, 1933 – May 14, 1969
Service recordThomas Edward Bumgarner, of West Sacramento, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 14, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 2
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Air Traffic Control Chief (93L)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 28, 1933
- Home of record
- West Sacramento, California (Yolo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 14, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date May 14, 1969; four of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 2
- ROBERT ERIC BELTSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- DAVID BRUNERSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
- DAVIS CARROLL BUTCHERStaff Sergeant · May 14, 1969
- LEONARD BALDOMIR CASTILLOSpecialist Four · May 14, 1969
From West Sacramento
- FRANKLIN RALPH WHITEPrivate First Class · October 6, 1963
- RICHARD ARIASSpecialist Four · January 28, 1969
- DICKIE DEAN KOELL JRLance Corporal · March 16, 1969
- DONALD HERMAN KLINKETechnical Sergeant · June 18, 1972
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.