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SAMUEL FIELDS JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 27, 1940 – April 3, 1970
Service recordSamuel Fields JR, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 3, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 88
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- C CO 27 ENG BN 45 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- November 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 3, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date April 3, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 88
- GEORGE RONALD CRABTREEPetty Officer Third Class · April 3, 1970
- JAMES ANTHONY DECARLOSergeant · April 3, 1970
- NICHOLAS LEWIS GARDELISPrivate First Class · April 3, 1970
- GERALD LEE GRIFFIN JRStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1970
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.