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WILLIAM WAYNE LUMSDEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
March 1, 1948 – May 21, 1967
Service recordWilliam Wayne Lumsden, of Compton, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 77
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- March 1, 1948
- Home of record
- Compton, Maryland (St Mary's County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1967; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 117 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 77
- PATRICK MICHAEL LOISELPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- CLIFFORD LEROY MENZIES JRAirman Second Class · May 21, 1967
- PETER EDMUND MILLARCorporal · May 21, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN MODISETTESergeant · May 21, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS GLENN MODISETTESergeant · Panel 20E, Line 77
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.