GREEN BERETS Padgett, Samuel Joseph

John Robertson

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  • SURNAME
Padgett
  • FORENAME
Samuel Joseph (Sam)
  • UNIT
5 SF Group (MACV- SOG - CCN) (FOB-4)
  • RANK
Sergeant First Class
  • NUMBER
18599108​
  • DATE OF DEATH
10th April 1968
  • AGE
31
  • GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific,Honolulu,Hawaii Courts of the Missing (Court B)
  • ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from Tulsa,Oklahoma
born 10.4.1937 Tulsa,Oklahoma
son of Claude Virgil and Edna O. (nee Etheridge) Padgett,6224 North Victor Avenue,Tulsa,Oklahoma
husband of Peggy Louvenia (nee Lowery) Padgett (1938-94) (2 stepchildren Linda and Mike)
father of Sammie Jo Padgett and Melissa A. Padgett per Mindy Curtis
attended Central High School
US Navy 1954 (about 4 and half years)
attended Oklahoma State University (1 year)
12 years service
award Bronze Star
killed when Vietnamese CH-34 helicopter crashed Quang Tin Province,South Vietnam (non hostile)
body not recovered
Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,D.C. Panel 49E Line 14
Memorial Park Cemetery,Tulsa,Oklahoma Section 14 Lot 383 Space 3 (memorial marker)​
 
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