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FRANCIS MARK SAMZ
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
October 3, 1947 – April 8, 1969
Service recordFrancis Mark Samz, of Argonne, Wisconsin, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 41
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Light Wheel Vehicle Mechanic (63B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 82 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Argonne, Wisconsin (Forest County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 82nd Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 41
- LARRY DOUGLAS SIMPSONCorporal · April 8, 1969
- GERRAL AUBREY SMITHStaff Sergeant · April 8, 1969
- WILLIAM OWEN STEEDFirst Lieutenant · April 8, 1969
- TOWNSER STEELE JRPrivate First Class · April 8, 1969
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.