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SAMMY HOWARD WHITWORTH
Corporal · U.S. Army
December 5, 1946 – June 16, 1969
Service recordSammy Howard Whitworth, of Lavonia, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Lavonia, Georgia (Franklin County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 122 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 61
- SASA ULIPrivate First Class · June 16, 1969
- DAVID EARL WEISSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1969
- MARVIN CHARLES WHITECorporal · June 16, 1969
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHITEPetty Officer First Class · June 16, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GARY DEAN BENDERCorporal · Panel 22W, Line 56
- JOSEPH JUSTIN HELTSLEYSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 58
- THOMAS EDWARD HUGHESSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 60
- MARVIN CHARLES WHITECorporal · Panel 22W, Line 61
From Lavonia
- JOE MAC BROWNSergeant First Class · September 18, 1970
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.