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SAMUEL STEPHEN LANCE
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 24, 1949 – May 1, 1970
Service recordSamuel Stephen Lance, of Chickamauga, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 81
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Chickamauga, Georgia (Walker County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1970; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 170 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 81
- CHARLES DAVID LOWNESPrivate First Class · May 1, 1970
- CALVIN EUGENE NOLTSpecialist Four · May 1, 1970
- JACK ALDEN NOONCorporal · May 1, 1970
- PAUL FRANK ROGALSKESergeant · May 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOHN HAROLD BARRETTSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 78
- ROBERT LEE COLLETT JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 11W, Line 79
- LARRY ROY HENSHAWSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 79
- JIMMY ARNOLD HILLSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 79
- THOMAS JAY KAUFMANPrivate First Class · Panel 11W, Line 80
- CALVIN EUGENE NOLTSpecialist Four · Panel 11W, Line 81
From Chickamauga
- WILLIAM LEE TERRELLCorporal · March 6, 1968
- JAMES JOSEPH WILEYPrivate · January 21, 1969
- BILLY RAY HEADSergeant First Class · May 19, 1969
- THOMAS ARTHUR WATSONCorporal · May 31, 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.