20 May 2008 Sam and I were together for Navy Boot Camp at Great Lakes, Illinois. We went to Navy Hospital Corps School together and later to Field Medical Medical School at Camp LeJeune, NC. After the school we both were assigned to the Naval Hospital in Portsmouth, Virginia. During this time at Portsmouth Sam went home with me for a weekend at my home in Pennington Gap, Virginia. We became good friends over the years. Your friend always, Randy Provence 210 East Waupansie Street, Dwight, Illinois 60420 ilrail@sbcglobal.net

 

A Note from The Virtual Wall The 7th Marines' operations log for 19 May 1968 contains an entry reporting the 3rd Bn's command post at Dai Loc received 82mm mortar fire which resulted in two men wounded badly enough to require evacuation. Other records indicate that both men died from their injuries: Cpl Harold Moore, Detroit, Michigan, Lima Company, and HN Samuel H. Rodriquez, Wendell, Idaho, H&S Company "You guys are the Marine's doctors - There's none better in the business than a Navy Corpsman ..." -- Lieutenant General "Chesty" Puller -- Visit John Dennison's Medics on the Wall memorial which honors the Army Medics and Navy Corpsmen who died in Vietnam.

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