GREEN BERETS Toomey, Samuel Kamu III

[John Robertson]

• SURNAME

Toomey ​

• FORENAME

Samuel Kamu III ​

• UNIT

5 SF Group (MACV- SOG - CCN) (FOB 1) (Ops and training officer G3,S3) ​

• RANK

Major ​

• NUMBER

500401517 ​

• DATE OF DEATH

30th November 1968 ​

• AGE

32 ​

• GRAVESITE

Arlington National Cemetery,Virginia Section 34 Site 4524​

• ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

from Independence,Missouri​

born 30.12.1935 Honolulu,Hawaii​

son of Samuel Kamu,Jr and Winifred (nee Piltz) Toomey​

father (1911-2004) served US Army in WW2 and Korea (retired January 1964 as Colonel)​

married​

attended Bryant School,Independence​

attended college​

entered Army 13.4.1956 after service with USMC​

graduated Field Artillery OCS Class 5-60,Fort Sill,Oklahoma 16.8.1960​

US Army JFK Special Warfare Center and School,Fort Bragg 1963-64​

5 SF Group (Company E,Det B-55) (5 MSFC) 1968​

MACV-SOG 1968​

award Bronze Star with V and oak leaf cluster​

KIA when Vietnamese CH-34 helicopter shot down east of Tchepone,Laos​

body not recovered​

declared dead 24.1.1974​

remains repatriated 26.3.1989​

remains identified 1.2.1990​

buried 23.3.1990 (group burial)​

Vietnam Veterans Memorial,Washington,DC Panel 37W Line 15 ​

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