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DONALD RAY SAMUELS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 29, 1949 – March 1, 1970
Service recordDonald Ray Samuels, of Fredericksburg, Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 1, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 72
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Fredericksburg, Virginia (Fredericksburg (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 1, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 1, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 53 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 72
- EVERETT CHARLES PUGHCorporal · March 1, 1970
- JAMES J L PUMPHREYCorporal · March 1, 1970
- ROGER JAMES ROWELLSergeant · March 1, 1970
- RUSSELL RICHARD BEELERPrivate First Class · March 2, 1970
From Fredericksburg
- CONLEY R GARLANDSpecialist Four · January 7, 1967
- JAMES LYNWOOD HAWTHORNESpecialist Four · June 14, 1968
- RUDOLPH JONESSergeant · March 16, 1969
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.