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SAMUEL RYOICHI SAITO
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
January 6, 1950 – November 24, 1970
Service recordSamuel Ryoichi Saito, of Fresno, California, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 82
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- January 6, 1950
- Home of record
- Fresno, California (Fresno County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1970; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 82
- NORMAN FRED PALEYSpecialist Four · November 24, 1970
- ROBERT DALE PERRYChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 1970
- WILLARD GENE STORIEChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 24, 1970
- FRANK DANIEL TINSLEYPrivate First Class · November 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL DAVID GEHRTSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 81
- WILLARD GENE STORIEChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 6W, Line 82
From Fresno
- FRANK DUVALL WILLIAMSSpecialist Five · December 11, 1964
- HENRY THOMAS LUNAPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- CARL MICHAEL HUMESpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- DANNY JAY MCGRIFFPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MICHAEL B MAULDINPrivate First Class · May 17, 1966
- DONALD THEODORE ERICKSONStaff Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- JOE MAGDALENO BALLIN JRLance Corporal · September 16, 1966
- MANUEL AVILA JRPetty Officer Third Class · November 12, 1966
- VICENTE ZUNIGASpecialist Four · December 21, 1966
- MICHAEL R BROWNPrivate First Class · December 29, 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.