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SAMUEL ALEXANDER DUMAS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1948 – March 11, 1970
Service recordSamuel Alexander Dumas, of Mckenzie, Tennessee, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 111
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Mckenzie, Tennessee (Carroll County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1970; five of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 111
- ROGER LEROY COFFMANStaff Sergeant · March 11, 1970
- WILLIAM ALVIN COMLYCorporal · March 11, 1970
- MARTIN JAMES DEHIMERSpecialist Four · March 11, 1970
- DENNIS FREDERICK GRACEFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MARTIN JAMES DEHIMERSpecialist Four · Panel 13W, Line 111
From Mckenzie
- RAY RAMSEY JOWERSPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
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.