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SAMMIE JAMES LONG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 18, 1949 – November 29, 1970
Service recordSammie James Long, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 29, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 93 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 93
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- March 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 29, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date November 29, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 93
- WILLIAM ARNOLD KETCHUM JRLance Corporal · November 29, 1970
- JON MARC KINGFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1970
- CHARLES LOUIS KOLLENBERGFirst Lieutenant · November 29, 1970
- LEE ROY EDWARD LINTONStaff Sergeant · November 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PHELBON MICHAEL GREENSpecialist Five · Panel 6W, Line 91
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.