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SAMUEL FANTLE III
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 19, 1939 – January 5, 1968
Service recordSamuel Fantle III, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 5, 1968, in North Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 47
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 19, 1939
- Home of record
- Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Minnehaha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 5, 1968
- Age
- 28
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date January 5, 1968. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in North Vietnam while Operation Rolling Thunder was under way. Operation Rolling Thunder (March 1965–November 1968) was the sustained U.S. bombing campaign against North Vietnam, flown by Air Force fighter-bombers from Thailand and Navy aircraft from carriers in the Gulf of Tonkin against some of the densest air defenses in the world.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 33E, Line 47
- NORMAN EDWARD COLOSANTIPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID DOWDSpecialist Four · January 5, 1968
- ROBERT WALTER DOYLELance Corporal · January 5, 1968
- RALPH EUGENE FOULKS JRLieutenant · January 5, 1968
From Sioux Falls
- LOUIS JAMES CUNNINGHAMPrivate First Class · December 19, 1965
- DENNIS CLARK KNUTSONPrivate First Class · July 24, 1966
- ROGER ALLAN PETERSENPrivate First Class · October 14, 1966
- PAUL OLYNN EVANSLance Corporal · December 22, 1966
- RONALD RA VANREGENMORTERCaptain · January 12, 1967
- JAMES LEE STEINEKEPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- RONALD CHARLES GEHLERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- DARRELL DEAN VENENGAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1967
- MICHAEL DAVID MARKSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- DONNY RAMON KIDDChief Warrant Officer 2 · March 4, 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.