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SAMUEL KAMU TOOMEY III
Major · U.S. Army
December 30, 1935 – November 30, 1968
Service recordSamuel Kamu Toomey III, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He was lost on November 30, 1968, in Laos, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- December 30, 1935
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- November 30, 1968
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
- First reported
- Missing in action
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1968. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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 37W, Line 15
- KING DAVID WASHINGTONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1968
- ALLEN EUGENE WHITELance Corporal · November 30, 1968
- CALVIN EDWARD YOUNGStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1968
- RAYMOND ALANIZSpecialist Four · December 1, 1968
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- ROBERT W BATESSpecialist Four · August 17, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
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.