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SAMUEL JOSEPH JORGENSEN
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 25, 1949 – February 14, 1970
Service recordSamuel Joseph Jorgensen, of Pukwana, South Dakota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 14, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 9
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Crewman (11E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- October 25, 1949
- Home of record
- Pukwana, South Dakota (Brule County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 14, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date February 14, 1970; 11 of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 9
- JAMES DAVID HAGELSTEINPrivate First Class · February 14, 1970
- DELMAR JOYCE HERRIN JRLance Corporal · February 14, 1970
- MICHAEL ALLEN HUGHEYSpecialist Five · February 14, 1970
- ELDON RAY PAYNEWarrant Officer 1 · February 14, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE C YOUNGSergeant First Class · Panel 13W, Line 13
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.