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JOEL WARREN SAMPSELL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
September 13, 1944 – February 16, 1970
Service recordJoel Warren Sampsell, of San Diego, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 21
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Pilot Ch-46 Qualified (7562)
- Born
- September 13, 1944
- Home of record
- San Diego, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 21
- CHESTER AUBREY MOLLETTSergeant · February 16, 1970
- PASTOR FRANCISCO RUIZStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1970
- ROBERT JAMES WIESECorporal · February 16, 1970
- JAMES TERENCE BATEMANWarrant Officer 1 · February 17, 1970
From San Diego
- STANLEY E TRUESDALEStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1963
- CLARENCE CLEMENT TESSMANCaptain · August 10, 1963
- WILLIAM CLIFTON HOOVERPetty Officer Second Class · June 10, 1965
- VIRGIL WAYNE BARTONLance Corporal · August 21, 1965
- CHARLES JOSEPH SCHARFColonel · October 1, 1965
- KENNETH JOE HAMMONDSpecialist Four · November 22, 1965
- RICHARD EUGENE GEORGEPrivate First Class · November 23, 1965
- GERALD CLYDE LYMANPrivate First Class · February 2, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- DONALD D DAUGHERTYStaff Sergeant · April 13, 1966
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.