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SAMUEL BLACKMAR CORNELIUS
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 2, 1943 – June 16, 1973
Service recordSamuel Blackmar Cornelius, of Lubbock, Texas, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He was lost on June 16, 1973, in Cambodia, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 119 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 119
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot (1115F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 8 TFW UBON AB
- Born
- April 2, 1943
- Home of record
- Lubbock, Texas (Lubbock County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- June 16, 1973
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
Two names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1973. In June 1973, 8 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “8 TFW UBON AB”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 119
- GILBERT ALLAN ROVITOCaptain · June 14, 1973
- JOHN JACKIE SMALLWOODCaptain · June 16, 1973
- JAMES TIMOTHY ONEILLAirman · July 4, 1973
- SAMUEL WALTER YATESLance Corporal · July 16, 1973
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JACKIE SMALLWOODCaptain · Panel 1W, Line 119
From Lubbock
- CHARLES DON WITTLieutenant · May 24, 1967
- WAYLEN LEE POWELLSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
- JACK ALBERT BERRYLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOE LOVATO JRSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- JOSE LOUIS MORENOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- WADE E THACKREY JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- FREDRIC CECIL MCCASKILLPrivate First Class · June 19, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH WRIGHTPrivate First Class · September 5, 1968
- CLIFFORD WAYNE FIESZELLieutenant Colonel · September 30, 1968
- RAYMOND MARSHALL TANNERSpecialist Five · October 27, 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.