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STEPHEN GEORGE SAMPLE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 30, 1949 – January 13, 1970
Service recordStephen George Sample, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on January 13, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 31
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk-Typist (71B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 30, 1949
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 13, 1970. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14W, Line 31
- HARVEY TYRONE PINKNEYSpecialist Five · January 13, 1970
- ROBERT GLEN POTTERSpecialist Five · January 13, 1970
- MARK PHILLIP RUDOLFSergeant · January 13, 1970
- GLENN ERNEST TUBBSStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1970
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
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.