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SAMUAL KAYE RANKINS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 28, 1949 – August 28, 1970
Service recordSamual Kaye Rankins, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 28, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 19
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 28, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 28, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 19
- THOMAS HUBERT MESSERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1970
- ERIC PAUL MISTRETTASpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- JAY ALLAN MUNCEYSpecialist Four · August 28, 1970
- NICK ENRIQUE SANCHEZSergeant · August 28, 1970
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.