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SAMUEL BETZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 2, 1926 – August 6, 1969
Service recordSamuel Betz, of Medford, Oregon, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 6, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 100
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
- Construction Engineering Supervisor (51H)
- Born
- March 2, 1926
- Home of record
- Medford, Oregon (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 6, 1969
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date August 6, 1969; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 100
- JAMES CLEVELAND BINK JRPrivate First Class · August 6, 1969
- GARY MAXWELL CLEMENTSCaptain · August 6, 1969
- NORMAND ALFRED CORBINLance Corporal · August 6, 1969
- ALEXANDER A KAOPUIKI JRCorporal · August 6, 1969
From Medford
- JAMES HERBERT ROWDENPrivate · March 5, 1966
- KEITH LEROY SHIPPPrivate First Class · April 2, 1966
- DAVID STEPHEN CROCKERSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- WALTER RICHARD SPEARE IIICaptain · November 11, 1966
- MICHAEL LESTER LAWSONPrivate First Class · March 20, 1967
- CHARLES HARRY SNOWPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- JAY DEAN JOHNSONCorporal · September 2, 1967
- PAUL MELVIN BEDDOE JRPrivate First Class · January 21, 1968
- MICHAEL STEPHEN COLLINSSpecialist Four · February 22, 1968
- JAMES CARL WHISNANPrivate First Class · March 14, 1968
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.