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SAMUEL BESS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 21, 1936 – November 3, 1965
Service recordSamuel Bess, of Sanford, North Carolina, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 14
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 21, 1936
- Home of record
- Sanford, North Carolina (Lee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1965. In November 1965, 545 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 318 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 3E, Line 14
- DOMINGO BALANSAY VINLUANSergeant · November 1, 1965
- EVERETT ROBERT ANDERSONSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- DWIGHT POLLARD BOWLESMajor · November 3, 1965
- MARK GORDON HINKLEPrivate First Class · November 3, 1965
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAY PARRETTPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 15
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · Panel 3E, Line 15
- GARY W PLATTStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 15
- JAMES HOLMES THORNTONPrivate First Class · Panel 3E, Line 16
From Sanford
- BRYAN EUGENE GROGANSecond Lieutenant · July 5, 1965
- ROBERT LINDO SMITHPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- LARRY GENE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · September 24, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT WILSONPrivate First Class · November 7, 1966
- JERRY WAYNE CURRINLance Corporal · March 30, 1967
- JAMES R SIMPSONWarrant Officer 1 · June 1, 1967
- LEE ROY TAYLORSpecialist Four · July 7, 1967
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · October 27, 1967
- DONALD RAY PYRANTCorporal · August 24, 1968
- CARL SCOTT DOUGLASSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.