GREEN BERETS Padgett, Samuel Joseph

[John Robertson]

• 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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