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ISAIAH SAMUELS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 13, 1947 – March 23, 1967
Service recordIsaiah Samuels, of Wagener, South Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 23, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Wagener, South Carolina (Aiken County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 31
- CHARLES WILLIAM GREENECorporal · March 23, 1967
- JAMES THOMAS REDDINGTONLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- RAYMOND ADAM RYCKOStaff Sergeant · March 23, 1967
- JOE A SAUCEDAPrivate First Class · March 23, 1967
From Wagener
- LINNELL BUTLERSergeant · March 7, 1969
- ALLEN HOWELL CLARKStaff Sergeant · July 29, 1971
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.