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WILFRED GERALD SAM
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
June 19, 1947 – April 7, 1969
Service recordWilfred Gerald Sam, of Elko, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 7, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 19, 1947
- Home of record
- Elko, Nevada (Elko County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 7, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 33
- LARRY MILTON KELLEYSergeant · April 7, 1969
- RICHARD LEE PORTERPrivate First Class · April 7, 1969
- LARRY GENE PYLECorporal · April 7, 1969
- DAVID WILLIAM RANSONCorporal · April 7, 1969
From Elko
- HOWARD GLENN MORRISONPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.