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SAMUEL ALLEN AMEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 3, 1952 – October 28, 1971
Service recordSamuel Allen Amey, of Oakland, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 28, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 53
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 3, 1952
- Home of record
- Oakland, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 28, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date October 28, 1971; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In October 1971, 132 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 53
- BRENT PHILLIP CLEVELANDPrivate · October 28, 1971
- DAVID LEON JACKSONCorporal · October 28, 1971
- DONALD FRANKLIN VAUGHANSpecialist Five · October 28, 1971
- JAMES CLARK WAYNEColonel · October 28, 1971
Same unit, same day
- BRENT PHILLIP CLEVELANDPrivate · Panel 2W, Line 53
- DAVID LEON JACKSONCorporal · Panel 2W, Line 53
- DONALD FRANKLIN VAUGHANSpecialist Five · Panel 2W, Line 53
- BOBBY BLAKE WHITECorporal · Panel 2W, Line 54
From Oakland
- CHARLES DARYL KEARNEYLance Corporal · July 8, 1965
- LAURIANO LAWRENCE LOVATOPrivate First Class · October 9, 1965
- WALTER JOHN GELIENChief Petty Officer · October 28, 1965
- FRED LAWER MCPHERSONMajor · January 28, 1966
- WALLACE RAY JACOBSENStaff Sergeant · January 30, 1966
- JOE NEAL JAMESSpecialist Four · February 23, 1966
- DON WILLIAM CHABOTMajor · March 15, 1966
- WALTER GLENN SHULTSLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- DAVID LEE DODSONPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- CHRIS C VURLUMISCaptain · June 8, 1966
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.