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SAMUEL RICHARD BIRD
Major · U.S. Army
January 27, 1940 – January 27, 1967
Service recordSamuel Richard Bird, of Wichita, Kansas, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 90 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 90
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 2 BN 12 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- January 27, 1940
- Home of record
- Wichita, Kansas (Sedgwick County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 27
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 90
- MICHAEL ERVAN BRADYSpecialist Four · January 28, 1967
- WILLIAM RAY BROADPetty Officer Third Class · January 28, 1967
- GARY ALLEN DIEUPrivate First Class · January 28, 1967
- GERALD ANDREW DORRWarrant Officer 1 · January 28, 1967
- JACKYA KEDERIS GRANTCorporal · January 28, 1967
From Wichita
- RICHARD DEAN SMITHLieutenant Colonel · March 11, 1965
- GARY LYNN DICKEYLance Corporal · July 23, 1965
- LOUIS DON ROYSTON JRPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- REBEL LEE HOLCOMBSergeant · November 8, 1965
- HENRY GENTRY JRPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- DANIEL ALBERT DICKINSONSpecialist Four · December 6, 1965
- DONALD DEAN KARLINCorporal · December 18, 1965
- CHARLES RONALD GURTLERLance Corporal · April 21, 1966
- ROBERT GARY MALONECorporal · July 28, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD REIDPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.