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SAMUEL FREDERICK ANKNEY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 17, 1947 – September 24, 1968
Service recordSamuel Frederick Ankney, of Flint, Michigan, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 24, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 8
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 24, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 24, 1968; two of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 8
- JOSEPH HAROLD THOMASPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- THOMAS NEIL TRAINHAMLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- MICHAEL RICHARD TROUTLance Corporal · September 24, 1968
- STANLEY EUGENE WESTSpecialist Four · September 24, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOSEPH SMOCZYNSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 3
- LOUIS ANDREW NIEMEYER JRSergeant · Panel 42W, Line 6
- MICHAEL ALLEN NIEZGODASergeant · Panel 42W, Line 6
- JAMES E PENNINGTON JRCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 7
- JOSEPH KENT SEARLESpecialist Four · Panel 42W, Line 7
- PAUL JOHN SILBERBERGERMajor · Panel 42W, Line 7
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 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.