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SAMUEL REED SUMMERFIELD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 9, 1949 – September 16, 1968
Service recordSamuel Reed Summerfield, of Elkins, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 16, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 10
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 9, 1949
- Home of record
- Elkins, West Virginia (Randolph County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 16, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date September 16, 1968; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 10
- DONALD EUGENE GLIMESergeant · September 16, 1968
- DALE ARTHUR MORROWSergeant · September 16, 1968
- EDGAR DOUGLAS STANTON JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1968
- MARTHELL TRAYLOR JRFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- BRADY WILLIAM HERRINGSpecialist Four · Panel 43W, Line 5
- NORMAN WAYNE PARTRIDGEWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 43W, Line 8
From Elkins
- ROGER DALE GRIFFITHSpecialist Four · January 4, 1968
- FRED MICHAEL KERNSLance Corporal · July 29, 1969
- RUSSELL ALLEN TAYLORCorporal · August 26, 1969
- THOMAS G HESSStaff Sergeant · May 3, 1970
- ROBERT LEE SIMMONSChief Warrant Officer 2 · June 9, 1971
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.