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SAM HENRY MANGUM
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 29, 1949 – November 1, 1969
Service recordSam Henry Mangum, of Hitchcock, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 1, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 14
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- December 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Hitchcock, Texas (Galveston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 1, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date November 1, 1969; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 16W, Line 14
- RICHARD WALTER LYTLEMajor · November 1, 1969
- FRED ARTHUR NELSONLance Corporal · November 1, 1969
- LONNIE PITTS NEWLANDPrivate First Class · November 1, 1969
- GERALD W NICHOLSON JRLance Corporal · November 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ROBERT HAGOODFirst Lieutenant · Panel 16W, Line 13
- JOEL THOMAS LAUStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 13
- JAMES ARTHUR ROSSSergeant First Class · Panel 16W, Line 15
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.