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LESLIE VERNE SAMPSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
April 9, 1936 – March 23, 1961
Service recordLeslie Verne Sampson, of Richey, Montana, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on March 23, 1961, in Laos, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 2
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 9, 1936
- Home of record
- Richey, Montana (Dawson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1961
- Age
- 24
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Seven names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1961. In March 1961, 7 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Laos, outside South Vietnam — most often the sign of an air crew lost over the North or the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1E, Line 2
- FREDERICK THOMAS GARSIDEStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1961
- RALPH WAYNE MAGEECaptain · March 23, 1961
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- EDGAR WILKEN WEITKAMP JRWarrant Officer 1 · March 23, 1961
From Richey
- RICHARD ARTHUR LILLIESergeant · February 18, 1971
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.