- SURNAME
Almendariz
- FORENAME
Samuel (Sam)
- UNIT
5 SF Group (MACV- SOG - CCN- FOB1) (Spike Team)
- RANK
Sergeant First Class
- NUMBER
460642257
- DATE OF DEATH
12th July 1967
- AGE
33
- GRAVESITE
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii Courts of the Missing Court B
- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
from McAllen, Texas
born 10.5.1934 McAllen, Texas
husband of Betty Carol (nee Leonard) Almendariz (1938-2011) (6 children)
entered service 1953
promoted Master Sergeant posthumously
KIA Savannakhet Province, Laos
body not recovered
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. Panel 23E Line 55
SFC Samuel Almendariz and SFC Robert J. Sullivan were on a mission in Laos on July 12, 1967. Their reconnaissance team, consisting of three Americans and 8 indigenous personnel, was operating just inside Laos in the extreme southeast portion of Savannakhet Province when the team came under attack. From 1100 hours until 1600 hours that day, the team was under heavy attack and attempting to evade. Only one of the Americans was rescued, and he reported that both Almendariz and Sullivan had been mortally wounded. On July 16, a search force went back to the area of contact, but were unable to locate the bodies of either man. Almendariz and Sullivan were listed as killed, body not recovered. [Taken from pownetwork.org]
DATE OF DEATH:
12-Jul-1967FINDAGRAVE:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/134672932/samuel-almendariz
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