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SAMUEL LEE GANTT
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 14, 1945 – November 26, 1970
Service recordSamuel Lee Gantt, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 26, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 84
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 14, 1945
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 26, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date November 26, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 84
- EDWARD DALE BURKETTSpecialist Five · November 26, 1970
- RALPH HOWELLStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1970
- DAVID EDWARD KILLIANPrivate First Class · November 26, 1970
- PHILIP EUGENE RICHARDChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 26, 1970
Same unit, same day
- LYLE DENNIS HAYESPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 83
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.