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THOMAS FRANCIS CUMMINGS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 30, 1948 – April 26, 1968
Service recordThomas Francis Cummings, of Chester, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 16
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 30, 1948
- Home of record
- Chester, Pennsylvania (Delaware County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
69 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 16
- HARLEY RICHARD COWANPetty Officer Third Class · April 26, 1968
- JESS WILLIAM CREASON JRSpecialist Four · April 26, 1968
- DALE ALTON CRULLChief Warrant Officer 4 · April 26, 1968
- WILLIAM CHARLES DEWEESESpecialist Five · April 26, 1968
From Chester
- EDGAR STOMS DONAGHYStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- WILLIAM BROOKS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- GERALD VICTOR JOHNSONSergeant · August 24, 1965
- CHARLES ROBERT DEAN JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD SHOWALTERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- HAROLD JUNIOR KOLLERSergeant · September 2, 1966
- BARRY CARLTON PRICEPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- CARLTON MATTES OTTEYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1967
- ARNOLD BENSON JRSpecialist Four · September 5, 1967
- RICHARD EDWARD HARNER JRSpecialist Four · February 4, 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.