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RICHARD BARRY SAMS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 16, 1946 – March 11, 1967
Service recordRichard Barry Sams, of Southgate, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1967, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- April 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Southgate, Kentucky (Campbell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1967; four of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 65
- RICHARD A ROWELLPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- ROBERT EARNEST SCHOPPAULSergeant · March 11, 1967
- ROLAND JUNIOR SHAWSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
- HAYWARD CARL SPENCERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY ROBERT JA CHAMBERSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 55
- FREDERICK ALTON HITSONSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 59
- NORMAN ROBERT MAYERSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 62
- ALLAN BRUCE MCCUTCHEONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 63
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.