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SAMMIE J VOLLMAR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1947 – June 1, 1967
Service recordSammie J Vollmar, of Fredericksburg, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Fredericksburg, Texas (Gillespie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1967; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 30
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- JOSEPH ANDREW TOMKOCaptain · June 1, 1967
- ROGER LEE WHINERYHospitalman · June 1, 1967
- JOSEPH WILLIAM AXFORDLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
From Fredericksburg
- DANIEL MCNEIL GUNNPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1966
- RAYMOND MAX OTTMERS JRCorporal · August 23, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SCHONBERGPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
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.