In Memory of ..... Army SFC Samuel Joseph Padgett.
*** Just an FYI. Sam's parents were Claude and Edna. His father died in Tulsa in 1973. I'll check around the cemeteries in Tulsa and see if I can find markers for them. Red
*** Sergeant First Class Padgett was a member of the Command and Control Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group. On April 10, 1968, he was a passenger in a Sikorsky Choctaw Cargo Helicopter (CH34) flying from Da Nang to Kham Duc, South Vietnam, when the aircraft lost power, crashed and burned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
SAMUEL JOSEPH PADGETT - Army - SFC - E7 Special Forces.
Age: 31
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Apr 10, 1937
From: TULSA, OK
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Peggy L Padgett.FAG # 75696735.
He had a step-daughter (still living), a step-son (still living) and 2 daughters Sammie Joe Padgett & Melissa A. Padgett (both still living)Per Mindy Curtis. Parents: Father, Claude V Padgett (1907 - 1973) and Mother, Edna Padgett (1914 - 1986).
***** Thank you Red for the 2 photos of Sgt. Padgett and his Mom and Dad and family. God bless.
Eddieb
Added: Dec. 18, 2012
Length of service 12 years
His tour began on Apr 10, 1968
Casualty was on Apr 10, 1968
In QUANG TIN, SOUTH VIETNAM
Panel 49E - Line 14
Rank/Branch: E7/US Army Special Forces
Unit: C & C Detachment, MACV-SOG
Date of Loss: 10 April 1968
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 152636N 1074835E (ZC015092)
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH34
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E7
Rank: Sergeant First Class
MOS: 11B4S: Infantryman (Special Forces Qual)
Length Service: 12
Unit: FOB-4, CCN, MACV-SOG, 5TH SF GROUP, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 11/11/1967
Casualty Date: 04/10/1968
Age at Loss: 31
Location: Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died while missing
Casualty Reason: Helicopter - Noncrew
Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land
Non-Hostile, died missing, HELICOPTER - NONCREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
SFC Samuel J. Padgett was assigned to Command and Control Detachment, MACV-SOG in Vietnam. On his thirty-first birthday, Padgett, SFC Aubrey A. Bryant, SFC Crecencio Cardosa, and SFC Charles E. Wilcox Jr. were passengers aboard a CH34 helicopter with an indigenous crew flying from Da Nang to Kham Duc, South Vietnam.
During the flight, the helicopter lost power, crashed and burned.
A rescue team was dispatched to the crash site immediately, and the rescue team saw bodies in the burning aircraft, but the bodies could not be extracted at that time because of the extreme heat of the fire.
When the wreckage had cooled so that the remains could be removed, they were taken to Da Nang mortuary for positive identification.
At Da Nang, three American remains were identified by matching dental records.
PFC Padgett's remains had not been recovered. A thorough search of the area around the crash site was conducted on the day of the crash and again on April 12.
The second search, unsuccessful, was conducted by two platoons.
Although the chances that Padgett escaped the aircraft seem slim, no remains were returned that can be attributed to him.
Therefore, a possible escape must be considered. However, since the helicopter did not fall to enemy fire, but to malfunction of some sort, Padgett would probably have been detected in the area by searchers, even if he had been wounded or disoriented.
Witnesses to the crash did not believe anyone survived the intense fire following the crash of the helicopter.
Therefore, Samuel J. Padgett was listed as killed, body not recovered.
******************************
10 Apr 68; Samuel Joseph Padgett, SFC E-7 of Tulsa, Oklahoma, George N Deverall, CAPT 0-3; Aubrey A. Bryan, SFC E-7; Charles F. Wilcox, Jr. SFC E-7, USASF, FOB-4, Da Nang, Ops 35; Crecencio Cardosa, SFC E-7; and a Vietnamese Pilot, Co-Pilot and door gunner, names and ranks unknown CH-34 (Kingbee) Aircrew, Vietnamese Air Force, 219th Vietnamese Helicopter Squadron, Da Nang Air Base, Ops 32.
All KIA-RR and identified except for SFC Padgett who is listed as MIA-Presumptive finding of death.
Aircraft was carrying five newly assigned team leaders from FOB-4 to MACSOG Recon School at Kham Duc when the aircraft was disabled by enemy fire and crashed and burned.
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Find A Grave contributor Malcolm Paine has sponsored your memorial for Samuel Padgett.
Thank you Malcolm Paine for your Sponsorship.
Edna
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∼SFC C&C DET 5
SP FORCES GE
VIETNAM BSM
*** Just an FYI. Sam's parents were Claude and Edna. His father died in Tulsa in 1973. I'll check around the cemeteries in Tulsa and see if I can find markers for them. Red
*** Sergeant First Class Padgett was a member of the Command and Control Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group. On April 10, 1968, he was a passenger in a Sikorsky Choctaw Cargo Helicopter (CH34) flying from Da Nang to Kham Duc, South Vietnam, when the aircraft lost power, crashed and burned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
SAMUEL JOSEPH PADGETT - Army - SFC - E7 Special Forces.
Age: 31
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Apr 10, 1937
From: TULSA, OK
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Peggy L Padgett.FAG # 75696735.
He had a step-daughter (still living), a step-son (still living) and 2 daughters Sammie Joe Padgett & Melissa A. Padgett (both still living)Per Mindy Curtis. Parents: Father, Claude V Padgett (1907 - 1973) and Mother, Edna Padgett (1914 - 1986).
***** Thank you Red for the 2 photos of Sgt. Padgett and his Mom and Dad and family. God bless.
Eddieb
Added: Dec. 18, 2012
Length of service 12 years
His tour began on Apr 10, 1968
Casualty was on Apr 10, 1968
In QUANG TIN, SOUTH VIETNAM
Panel 49E - Line 14
Rank/Branch: E7/US Army Special Forces
Unit: C & C Detachment, MACV-SOG
Date of Loss: 10 April 1968
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 152636N 1074835E (ZC015092)
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH34
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E7
Rank: Sergeant First Class
MOS: 11B4S: Infantryman (Special Forces Qual)
Length Service: 12
Unit: FOB-4, CCN, MACV-SOG, 5TH SF GROUP, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 11/11/1967
Casualty Date: 04/10/1968
Age at Loss: 31
Location: Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died while missing
Casualty Reason: Helicopter - Noncrew
Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land
Non-Hostile, died missing, HELICOPTER - NONCREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
SFC Samuel J. Padgett was assigned to Command and Control Detachment, MACV-SOG in Vietnam. On his thirty-first birthday, Padgett, SFC Aubrey A. Bryant, SFC Crecencio Cardosa, and SFC Charles E. Wilcox Jr. were passengers aboard a CH34 helicopter with an indigenous crew flying from Da Nang to Kham Duc, South Vietnam.
During the flight, the helicopter lost power, crashed and burned.
A rescue team was dispatched to the crash site immediately, and the rescue team saw bodies in the burning aircraft, but the bodies could not be extracted at that time because of the extreme heat of the fire.
When the wreckage had cooled so that the remains could be removed, they were taken to Da Nang mortuary for positive identification.
At Da Nang, three American remains were identified by matching dental records.
PFC Padgett's remains had not been recovered. A thorough search of the area around the crash site was conducted on the day of the crash and again on April 12.
The second search, unsuccessful, was conducted by two platoons.
Although the chances that Padgett escaped the aircraft seem slim, no remains were returned that can be attributed to him.
Therefore, a possible escape must be considered. However, since the helicopter did not fall to enemy fire, but to malfunction of some sort, Padgett would probably have been detected in the area by searchers, even if he had been wounded or disoriented.
Witnesses to the crash did not believe anyone survived the intense fire following the crash of the helicopter.
Therefore, Samuel J. Padgett was listed as killed, body not recovered.
******************************
10 Apr 68; Samuel Joseph Padgett, SFC E-7 of Tulsa, Oklahoma, George N Deverall, CAPT 0-3; Aubrey A. Bryan, SFC E-7; Charles F. Wilcox, Jr. SFC E-7, USASF, FOB-4, Da Nang, Ops 35; Crecencio Cardosa, SFC E-7; and a Vietnamese Pilot, Co-Pilot and door gunner, names and ranks unknown CH-34 (Kingbee) Aircrew, Vietnamese Air Force, 219th Vietnamese Helicopter Squadron, Da Nang Air Base, Ops 32.
All KIA-RR and identified except for SFC Padgett who is listed as MIA-Presumptive finding of death.
Aircraft was carrying five newly assigned team leaders from FOB-4 to MACSOG Recon School at Kham Duc when the aircraft was disabled by enemy fire and crashed and burned.
***************************************
Find A Grave contributor Malcolm Paine has sponsored your memorial for Samuel Padgett.
Thank you Malcolm Paine for your Sponsorship.
Edna
***************************************
.
∼SFC C&C DET 5
SP FORCES GE
VIETNAM BSM
In Memory of ..... Army SFC Samuel Joseph Padgett.
*** Just an FYI. Sam's parents were Claude and Edna. His father died in Tulsa in 1973. I'll check around the cemeteries in Tulsa and see if I can find markers for them. Red
*** Sergeant First Class Padgett was a member of the Command and Control Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group. On April 10, 1968, he was a passenger in a Sikorsky Choctaw Cargo Helicopter (CH34) flying from Da Nang to Kham Duc, South Vietnam, when the aircraft lost power, crashed and burned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
SAMUEL JOSEPH PADGETT - Army - SFC - E7 Special Forces.
Age: 31
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Apr 10, 1937
From: TULSA, OK
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Peggy L Padgett.FAG # 75696735.
He had a step-daughter (still living), a step-son (still living) and 2 daughters Sammie Joe Padgett & Melissa A. Padgett (both still living)Per Mindy Curtis. Parents: Father, Claude V Padgett (1907 - 1973) and Mother, Edna Padgett (1914 - 1986).
***** Thank you Red for the 2 photos of Sgt. Padgett and his Mom and Dad and family. God bless.
Eddieb
Added: Dec. 18, 2012
Length of service 12 years
His tour began on Apr 10, 1968
Casualty was on Apr 10, 1968
In QUANG TIN, SOUTH VIETNAM
Panel 49E - Line 14
Rank/Branch: E7/US Army Special Forces
Unit: C & C Detachment, MACV-SOG
Date of Loss: 10 April 1968
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 152636N 1074835E (ZC015092)
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH34
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E7
Rank: Sergeant First Class
MOS: 11B4S: Infantryman (Special Forces Qual)
Length Service: 12
Unit: FOB-4, CCN, MACV-SOG, 5TH SF GROUP, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 11/11/1967
Casualty Date: 04/10/1968
Age at Loss: 31
Location: Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died while missing
Casualty Reason: Helicopter - Noncrew
Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land
Non-Hostile, died missing, HELICOPTER - NONCREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
SFC Samuel J. Padgett was assigned to Command and Control Detachment, MACV-SOG in Vietnam. On his thirty-first birthday, Padgett, SFC Aubrey A. Bryant, SFC Crecencio Cardosa, and SFC Charles E. Wilcox Jr. were passengers aboard a CH34 helicopter with an indigenous crew flying from Da Nang to Kham Duc, South Vietnam.
During the flight, the helicopter lost power, crashed and burned.
A rescue team was dispatched to the crash site immediately, and the rescue team saw bodies in the burning aircraft, but the bodies could not be extracted at that time because of the extreme heat of the fire.
When the wreckage had cooled so that the remains could be removed, they were taken to Da Nang mortuary for positive identification.
At Da Nang, three American remains were identified by matching dental records.
PFC Padgett's remains had not been recovered. A thorough search of the area around the crash site was conducted on the day of the crash and again on April 12.
The second search, unsuccessful, was conducted by two platoons.
Although the chances that Padgett escaped the aircraft seem slim, no remains were returned that can be attributed to him.
Therefore, a possible escape must be considered. However, since the helicopter did not fall to enemy fire, but to malfunction of some sort, Padgett would probably have been detected in the area by searchers, even if he had been wounded or disoriented.
Witnesses to the crash did not believe anyone survived the intense fire following the crash of the helicopter.
Therefore, Samuel J. Padgett was listed as killed, body not recovered.
******************************
10 Apr 68; Samuel Joseph Padgett, SFC E-7 of Tulsa, Oklahoma, George N Deverall, CAPT 0-3; Aubrey A. Bryan, SFC E-7; Charles F. Wilcox, Jr. SFC E-7, USASF, FOB-4, Da Nang, Ops 35; Crecencio Cardosa, SFC E-7; and a Vietnamese Pilot, Co-Pilot and door gunner, names and ranks unknown CH-34 (Kingbee) Aircrew, Vietnamese Air Force, 219th Vietnamese Helicopter Squadron, Da Nang Air Base, Ops 32.
All KIA-RR and identified except for SFC Padgett who is listed as MIA-Presumptive finding of death.
Aircraft was carrying five newly assigned team leaders from FOB-4 to MACSOG Recon School at Kham Duc when the aircraft was disabled by enemy fire and crashed and burned.
***************************************
Find A Grave contributor Malcolm Paine has sponsored your memorial for Samuel Padgett.
Thank you Malcolm Paine for your Sponsorship.
Edna
***************************************
.
∼SFC C&C DET 5
SP FORCES GE
VIETNAM BSM
*** Just an FYI. Sam's parents were Claude and Edna. His father died in Tulsa in 1973. I'll check around the cemeteries in Tulsa and see if I can find markers for them. Red
*** Sergeant First Class Padgett was a member of the Command and Control Detachment, 5th Special Forces Group. On April 10, 1968, he was a passenger in a Sikorsky Choctaw Cargo Helicopter (CH34) flying from Da Nang to Kham Duc, South Vietnam, when the aircraft lost power, crashed and burned. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
You may be gone, no longer living on this earth; but you will live on - in the memories of your family and friends. There will always be a part of you living in those who knew you. You will live on because we remember you!
SAMUEL JOSEPH PADGETT - Army - SFC - E7 Special Forces.
Age: 31
Race: Caucasian
Date of Birth Apr 10, 1937
From: TULSA, OK
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Married - Peggy L Padgett.FAG # 75696735.
He had a step-daughter (still living), a step-son (still living) and 2 daughters Sammie Joe Padgett & Melissa A. Padgett (both still living)Per Mindy Curtis. Parents: Father, Claude V Padgett (1907 - 1973) and Mother, Edna Padgett (1914 - 1986).
***** Thank you Red for the 2 photos of Sgt. Padgett and his Mom and Dad and family. God bless.
Eddieb
Added: Dec. 18, 2012
Length of service 12 years
His tour began on Apr 10, 1968
Casualty was on Apr 10, 1968
In QUANG TIN, SOUTH VIETNAM
Panel 49E - Line 14
Rank/Branch: E7/US Army Special Forces
Unit: C & C Detachment, MACV-SOG
Date of Loss: 10 April 1968
Country of Loss: South Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 152636N 1074835E (ZC015092)
Status (in 1973): Killed/Body Not Recovered
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: CH34
MILITARY DATA
Service: Army of the United States
Grade at loss: E7
Rank: Sergeant First Class
MOS: 11B4S: Infantryman (Special Forces Qual)
Length Service: 12
Unit: FOB-4, CCN, MACV-SOG, 5TH SF GROUP, USARV
CASUALTY DATA
Start Tour: 11/11/1967
Casualty Date: 04/10/1968
Age at Loss: 31
Location: Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam
Casualty Type: Non-hostile, died while missing
Casualty Reason: Helicopter - Noncrew
Casualty Detail: Air loss or crash over land
Non-Hostile, died missing, HELICOPTER - NONCREW
AIR LOSS, CRASH ON LAND
Body was not recovered
Other Personnel in Incident: (none missing)
SFC Samuel J. Padgett was assigned to Command and Control Detachment, MACV-SOG in Vietnam. On his thirty-first birthday, Padgett, SFC Aubrey A. Bryant, SFC Crecencio Cardosa, and SFC Charles E. Wilcox Jr. were passengers aboard a CH34 helicopter with an indigenous crew flying from Da Nang to Kham Duc, South Vietnam.
During the flight, the helicopter lost power, crashed and burned.
A rescue team was dispatched to the crash site immediately, and the rescue team saw bodies in the burning aircraft, but the bodies could not be extracted at that time because of the extreme heat of the fire.
When the wreckage had cooled so that the remains could be removed, they were taken to Da Nang mortuary for positive identification.
At Da Nang, three American remains were identified by matching dental records.
PFC Padgett's remains had not been recovered. A thorough search of the area around the crash site was conducted on the day of the crash and again on April 12.
The second search, unsuccessful, was conducted by two platoons.
Although the chances that Padgett escaped the aircraft seem slim, no remains were returned that can be attributed to him.
Therefore, a possible escape must be considered. However, since the helicopter did not fall to enemy fire, but to malfunction of some sort, Padgett would probably have been detected in the area by searchers, even if he had been wounded or disoriented.
Witnesses to the crash did not believe anyone survived the intense fire following the crash of the helicopter.
Therefore, Samuel J. Padgett was listed as killed, body not recovered.
******************************
10 Apr 68; Samuel Joseph Padgett, SFC E-7 of Tulsa, Oklahoma, George N Deverall, CAPT 0-3; Aubrey A. Bryan, SFC E-7; Charles F. Wilcox, Jr. SFC E-7, USASF, FOB-4, Da Nang, Ops 35; Crecencio Cardosa, SFC E-7; and a Vietnamese Pilot, Co-Pilot and door gunner, names and ranks unknown CH-34 (Kingbee) Aircrew, Vietnamese Air Force, 219th Vietnamese Helicopter Squadron, Da Nang Air Base, Ops 32.
All KIA-RR and identified except for SFC Padgett who is listed as MIA-Presumptive finding of death.
Aircraft was carrying five newly assigned team leaders from FOB-4 to MACSOG Recon School at Kham Duc when the aircraft was disabled by enemy fire and crashed and burned.
***************************************
Find A Grave contributor Malcolm Paine has sponsored your memorial for Samuel Padgett.
Thank you Malcolm Paine for your Sponsorship.
Edna
***************************************
.
∼SFC C&C DET 5
SP FORCES GE
VIETNAM BSM
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