Highest Honors Special Operations POW / MIA
United States of America
Headstone of Jesse Leroy Samford
U.S. Navy · United States United States

Jesse Leroy Samford

Chief Petty Officer
1936 – 1968
Purple Heart
Navy Good Conduct MedalNational Defense Service MedalVietnam Service MedalRepublic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Vietnam Wall · Panel 52E
Life Keepsakes Service Decorations Shadow Box Memorials Laid to Rest In Our Keeping

Chief Petty Officer Jesse Leroy Samford served in the U.S. Navy. Jesse served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Jesse was 31 years old.

How He Died
Manner Combat Death
Cause Blast injury
Circumstance Died of wounds
Place Quang Tri
Keepsakes
Jesse L Samford
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Service Record
U.S. Navy
DET CUA VIET, NAVSUPACT DANANG, USNAVFORV
7432: Chief Warrant Officer
WO-1
CWO
QUANG TRI
2001
Pay grade W01.
Conflicts
Vietnam War Cold War
Awards & Decorations 5

For service and achievement

Purple Heart

Campaign and service medals

Navy Good Conduct Medal
National Defense Service Medal
Vietnam Service Medal

Foreign awards

Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Memorials
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Panel 52E · Line 10 cut as JESSE L SAMFORD
Burial Information
Cemetery Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery
Section H
Grave 303
In Our Keeping
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Jesse Leroy Samford
Chief Petty Officer
U.S. Navy
- 2001
Chief Petty Officer
Purple Heart
Navy Good Conduct Medal National Defense Service Medal Vietnam Service Medal Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

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