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SAMUEL LEE MCAPHEE
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 9, 1936 – July 29, 1971
Service recordSamuel Lee McAphee, of Sylacauga, Alabama, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1971, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 118
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Senior Sergeant (67Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- March 9, 1936
- Home of record
- Sylacauga, Alabama (Talladega County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1971
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1971; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 118
- ROBERT JOHN DIPIETROSpecialist Four · July 29, 1971
- HOWARD LAWRENCE JONESStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1971
- NEIL ADAMS JRStaff Sergeant · July 30, 1971
- MANUEL GOMEZGUTIERREZSpecialist Five · July 31, 1971
From Sylacauga
- ANDREW C EVANSPrivate First Class · May 11, 1966
- THOMAS LESLIE GORDONSpecialist Four · June 19, 1967
- ROBERT EUGENE GARDNERSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- JOHNNIE RAY COMPTONPrivate First Class · October 5, 1968
- PERRY OWEN JACOBSPrivate First Class · October 13, 1968
- ROGER LEE OLIVERStaff Sergeant · May 24, 1969
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.