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GERALD HILBERT SAMPSON
Captain · U.S. Marine Corps
May 23, 1937 – August 28, 1969
Service recordGerald Hilbert Sampson, of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 28, 1969, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 4
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
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- May 23, 1937
- Home of record
- Williamsport, Pennsylvania (Lycoming County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1969
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 4
- EDWARD COX HAMMERBECKSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1969
- PATRICK ANGELO SANTOSpecialist Four · August 28, 1969
- DAVID THOMAS SCHAFFERLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- THOMAS EDWARD SEMANSPrivate First Class · August 28, 1969
From Williamsport
- HERMAN K DURRWACHTER JRCaptain · January 13, 1962
- WILLIAM GEORGE COREYPrivate First Class · September 1, 1963
- JAMES MONROE GEHRIG JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- EARL GARLAND DOWNEYAirman First Class · June 28, 1965
- EDWARD JOSEPH TICE IIICorporal · April 21, 1967
- GARY BENNETT STEPHENSSpecialist Four · August 14, 1967
- TIMOTHY PETERSON VOGELPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- HARRY LEE SCHLEESecond Lieutenant · October 27, 1967
- JAMES E LYONSSpecialist Four · November 18, 1967
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · November 24, 1967
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.