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SAMMY LOUIS MEAD JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 16, 1948 – June 3, 1969
Service recordSammy Louis Mead JR, of Pleasant Hope, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 54
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 16, 1948
- Home of record
- Pleasant Hope, Missouri (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 54
- GEORGE ALAN KIGERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- DARWIN LYN LABAHNSergeant · June 3, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN MEADPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
- PAUL WAYNE MILLERPrivate First Class · June 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JIMMY DEAN CUMBEESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 51
- LAWRENCE ANDREW FANELLASergeant · Panel 23W, Line 52
- LONNIE DEAN MOORECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 55
- LARRY DEAN MCKENZIESergeant · Panel 23W, Line 56
- RODDIE LEE PERRYSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 56
- BILLIE WAYNE REEDPrivate · Panel 23W, Line 57
- JOHN RAYMOND TAYLORCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 59
- RANDALL RAY WHITESpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 60
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.