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HERBERT CLEVELAND SAMPLES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 18, 1948 – August 8, 1967
Service recordHerbert Cleveland Samples, of Flemington, West Virginia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 8, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 24E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24E · Line 92
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
- May 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Flemington, West Virginia (Taylor County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 8, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 8, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24E, Line 92
- WILLIE MICHAEL RHODESPrivate First Class · August 8, 1967
- LEONARD WADE ROBERSONLance Corporal · August 8, 1967
- ROBERT JAMES SCOTTStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1967
- CLARENCE E TACKETTStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- EARL KENT EICHBAUERCorporal · Panel 24E, Line 90
- BOBBY RAY GARDNERSergeant · Panel 24E, Line 90
- ROBERT THOMAS LOHMANPrivate First Class · Panel 24E, Line 91
- ROBERT JAMES SCOTTStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 92
- CLARENCE E TACKETTStaff Sergeant · Panel 24E, Line 92
From Flemington
- WILLIAM LEE CARR JRLance Corporal · July 19, 1968
- ROY BENJAMIN SQUIRESSpecialist Four · September 6, 1968
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.