Samuel Donald Amantea

Specialist Four
A CO, 2ND BN, 327TH INFANTRY, 101 ABN DIV
Army of the United States
23 August 1945 - 08 October 1967
West Mifflin, Pennsylvania
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101 ABN DIV

327TH INF RGT
Combat Infantry

Purple Heart, National Defense, Vietnam Service, Vietnam Campaign

Airborne!

The database page for Samuel Donald Amantea

09 May 2008

REMEMBERED

by a friend of his cousin,
Ray Moody
raymoody1@verizon.net

A Note from The Virtual Wall

On 8 Oct 1967, the 2nd Platoon, A/2/327th Infantry, was cut off from other Company elements by two North Vietnamese Army companies. In the ensuing battle, 17 troopers and 60 or more NVA soldiers were killed in action.
  • HHB, 2nd Bn, 320th Artillery
  • A Co, 2nd Bn, 327th Infantry
    • 1LT David G. Dunkenberger, Flushing, NY
    • SP4 Samuel D. Amantea, West Mifflin, PA
    • CPL James W. Arms, Cahokia, IL
    • CPL Theodore J. Chason, Wilmington, DE
    • SP4 Stephen E. Feistner, Cedar Grove, NJ
    • SP4 Jeffery D. Flournoy, Chicago, IL
    • CPL Larry L. Gaskins, Marion, OH
    • SP4 John H. Harding, Benton, AR
    • SP4 Demetrio L. Hernandez, Patterson, CA
    • CPL Richard V. Huggins, Monroe, NC
    • CPL Richard A. West, Kettering, OH
    • PFC Ray Gevara, Scottsbluff, NE
    • PFC Robert W. Hebert, Watervliet, NY

  • HHC, 2nd Bn, 327th Infantry
    • SP5 Jack Deaver, San Diego, CA (medic w/ A/2/327)
    • PFC John W. McMaster, Merced, CA (medic w/ A/2/327)

  • HHC, 1st Bde, 101st Abn Div
    • SP4 Scott A. Christofferson, St Louis, MO


The point-of-contact for this memorial is
a friend of his cousin,
Ray Moody
raymoody1@verizon.net



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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 09 May 2008
Last updated 05/16/2008