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WILLIAM RICHARD DUMAS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 29, 1948 – January 29, 1967
Service recordWilliam Richard Dumas, of Bellevue, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 29, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 95 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 95
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
- March 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Bellevue, Ohio (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 29, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 29, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 95
- CHARLES EARL FAGGETTStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1967
- PERRY LEE HARRISPrivate First Class · January 29, 1967
- ALFRED BYRON MAYCorporal · January 29, 1967
- LYNN LEROY MILESSergeant · January 29, 1967
- ROBERT PATRICK RUMLEY JRCaptain · May 18, 1968
From Bellevue
- CHARLES EMMETT FREDERICKPrivate First Class · January 31, 1966
- TERRENCE JOSEPH KUDROPrivate First Class · August 30, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH WEIDINGERSergeant · March 20, 1968
- THOMAS GEORGE IDLEPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- RONALD LEE SHAVERPetty Officer Third Class · June 22, 1968
- JESSIE JEROME GARRARDCorporal · June 26, 1969
- ROY CLAUDE BEASLEYSpecialist Four · January 25, 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.