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SAMUEL JOSEPH PADGETT
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
April 10, 1937 – April 10, 1968
Service recordSamuel Joseph Padgett, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 14
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 10, 1937
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 49E, Line 14
- RICHARD LEMOYNE MURRAYCorporal · April 10, 1968
- JONATHAN NEALCorporal · April 10, 1968
- JAMES ANDRES PALENIK JRPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- WILLIAM POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- AUBREY ALLEN BRYANSergeant First Class · Panel 49E, Line 8
- CRECENCIO CARDOSASergeant First Class · Panel 49E, Line 9
- GEORGE NOBLE DEVERALLCaptain · Panel 49E, Line 10
- CHARLES EARL WILCOX JRSergeant First Class · Panel 49E, Line 17
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.