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SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JR
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
June 3, 1942 – December 4, 1966
Service recordSamuel Adams James JR, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13E, Line 10
- CHESTER LEON FREEMANSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- RICHARD HENRY GRUNBERGSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
- GERALD MONROE HUBBARDStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1966
- DANIEL M JAVAPlatoon Sergeant · December 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CRAWFORD BRIAN PARISStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 12
- ALVIS OREN REEVESSergeant First Class · Panel 13E, Line 12
- WILLIAM D ROBBINSSpecialist Four · Panel 13E, Line 12
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 1967
- DOUGLAS EUGENE MOORESergeant · March 25, 1967
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.