Umstot, Samuel Gilmore, Jr., CPT

43 years ago I meet CPT Samuel Umstot on July 15, 1968 in Quan Loi, RVN, the base for the 1st Battalion 28th Infantry Regiment 1st Infantry Division. I was a Clinical Specialist with the Battalion and came into Quan Loi from the field for 1-2 days for personnel paperwork. I went out on a MEDCAP Operation for the Battalion from Quan Loi to a Montagnard village near the Cambodia board. CPT Umstot and I meet at the air strip in the early morning hours for our departure to the village; we flew in the same helicopter going and returning for the MEDCAP. We shared our thoughts about the VN war, our families, what we did, where we went to school and what we planned for the future. CPT Umstot was a friendly Officer and liked by almost everyone who he meet. His loss to the war was a shock to me when I was informed about it several weeks later. I took the photo that appears on his profile Photo In Uniform which was taken on July 15, 1968 while flying back to Quan Loi from the MEDCAP Operation. He has not been forgotten by me and many others who knew him at that time.