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SAMMIE EDWARD ALEXANDER
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 4, 1938 – May 17, 1970
Service recordSammie Edward Alexander, of Milton, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 17, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 55
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Quality Control Supervisor (67W)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 4, 1938
- Home of record
- Milton, Texas (Lamar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 17, 1970
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date May 17, 1970; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 55
- GARY RICHARD WHITECorporal · May 16, 1970
- AUBREY WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · May 16, 1970
- PHILLIP FRED ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · May 17, 1970
- WAYNE BENNETTPrivate First Class · May 17, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHILLIP FRED ARNOLDWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 55
- PAUL ROGER BROWDERSpecialist Four · Panel 10W, Line 56
- MICHAEL HARRY CORWINSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 56
- DAVID WALTER SMITHSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 57
- ROY ANDREW PETTY JRSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 58
- GEORGE CLIFTON SCHULTZ JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 10W, Line 58
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.