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JOHN FRANCIS SAMPT
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 2, 1944 – February 17, 1966
Service recordJohn Francis Sampt, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 17, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 2, 1944
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 17, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date February 17, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 43
- CHESTER STATENPetty Officer Third Class · April 13, 1965
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- THOMAS EVERETT RICEPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- SHERDIN JAY WATKINSPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RONALD JOHN BENKE IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 41
- DAVID PETER BROWNPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 41
- LEN E CARRPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 41
- LUIS DELA TORREPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 41
- GARY BRUCE GORTONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 41
- BOBBY GENE JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 5E, Line 42
- JUAN ANTONIO LOPEZ-COLONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 42
- HUGH ALLEN LOVEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 42
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 43
- THOMAS EVERETT RICEPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 43
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 43
- DAVID ELGA WHITTENSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 44
- MARK HILLARY ZELDESSecond Lieutenant · Panel 5E, Line 44
From Waterbury
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- RAY LEONARD FERRY IIILance Corporal · April 9, 1968
- LENWOOD THOMAS HARRELLPrivate First Class · May 5, 1968
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.