Janette, Samuel M.
Army Recruit

Samuel M. Janette, age 22, from Bangor, Pennsylvania, Northampton county.

Parents: Louis Janette

Service era: Vietnam

Date of death: Wednesday, November 8, 1961
Death details: Among 77 killed in Richmond, Virginia when the engines aboard their plane failed and it crashed into marshland. The crew and passengers died from carbon monoxide poisoning. The flight was enroute from Baltimore to Columbia, South Carolina.
Cemetery: New Catholic in Roseto

Source: Associated Press (1961), Allentown Morning Call (1961)