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SAMUEL JOSEPH GANCI
Major · U.S. Air Force
April 19, 1922 – June 11, 1965
Service recordSamuel Joseph Ganci, of Frankfurt, Mississippi, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 11, 1965, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 43. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · 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. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 19, 1922
- Home of record
- Frankfurt, Mississippi (Herkimer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1965
- Age
- 43
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1965; seven of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 8
- JESSE HUGH LAWSONStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- TERRENCE RICHARD TITUSCaptain · June 11, 1965
- NORMAN COLUMBUS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1965
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.