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MICHAEL DOUGLAS SAMS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
September 29, 1946 – March 3, 1969
Service recordMichael Douglas Sams, of Miami, Florida, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 30
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- September 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; six of them were lost in Vinh Long Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 30
- WALTER WILLIAM RUDOLPHFirst Lieutenant · March 3, 1969
- LAYNE MICHAEL SANTOSPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- WILLIAM JOHN SCHAAFSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- THOMAS KOENIG SCHAEFERPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE MICHAEL BINNSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 19
- HARRY TODD HARRISONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 23
- MANUEL HIGUERAPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 23
- WILLIE ERSKINE MADDENCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 27
- RANDY ROY MUELLERCorporal · Panel 30W, Line 27
- DARRYL EUGENE MCCARTNEYMajor · Panel 30W, Line 28
- WAYNE WINSTON TEEPLESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 33
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.