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SAMUEL ARTHUR FEW
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 18, 1944 – August 20, 1968
Service recordSamuel Arthur Few, of Kansas City, Kansas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 20, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 47W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47W · Line 8
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Kansas (Wyandotte County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 20, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date August 20, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 47W, Line 8
- JAMES WALTER GATESSpecialist Four · August 20, 1968
- LOUIS ELLIE GAUPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- ISREAL GIBBSPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
- MICHAEL RAY GOINSPrivate First Class · August 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD DUANE GOLDENSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 7
- JAMES WALTER GATESSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 8
- JEROME EDDIE WALLY JANSENSpecialist Four · Panel 47W, Line 9
- DONALD EUGENE LISENBYSergeant First Class · Panel 47W, Line 10
From Kansas City
- KENNETH LEE SORENSENPrivate First Class · December 4, 1965
- JACK SHIVELY SWENDERLance Corporal · December 18, 1965
- JOHN MARK TIDERMANLieutenant Commander · March 21, 1966
- JAMES IRA COURTNEYStaff Sergeant · June 8, 1966
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- BILLY RAY MOOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE R COSTELLOSergeant · November 1, 1966
- EMMETT RAY DAVISPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- LEE EDWARD REUKAUFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROGER RALPH WILLIAMSSpecialist Four · March 3, 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.