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SAMUEL DIGGES FREEMAN III
Captain · U.S. Army
September 17, 1937 – January 7, 1967
Service recordSamuel Digges Freeman III, of Wilton, Connecticut, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 121 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 121
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 17, 1937
- Home of record
- Wilton, Connecticut (Fairfield County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 121
- JAMES ISAH E DANFORDPrivate First Class · January 7, 1967
- WILLIAM FENTON DITOROLance Corporal · January 7, 1967
- RICHARD ELWOOD FINKCorporal · January 7, 1967
- CONLEY R GARLANDSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
From Wilton
- JOHN GEYER CORRSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1967
- PETER WYETH JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · February 13, 1968
- STEPHEN TUCKER PERRYPrivate First Class · May 14, 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.