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JERRY ERNEST SAMSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1950 – March 18, 1969
Service recordJerry Ernest Samson, of Flint, Michigan, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 18, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 73
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Bulk Fuel Specialist (1391)
- Born
- December 4, 1950
- Home of record
- Flint, Michigan (Genesee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
47 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1969; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 73
- ROBERT LEE WILSONStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1969
- KENZEL MEREDITH RACEYSergeant First Class · March 18, 1969
- EARL CONRAD RIDER JRSergeant · March 18, 1969
- CLYDE EDWARD SAXONLance Corporal · March 18, 1969
- RICHARD WESLEY STITTPrivate First Class · March 18, 1969
From Flint
- ROY E STOKESLance Corporal · June 4, 1965
- FRED TOINSSpecialist Four · October 12, 1965
- JAMES LEROY CRAGARStaff Sergeant · October 22, 1965
- DONALD CAMERON MCPHEEGunnery Sergeant · October 24, 1965
- WARDLOW WESLEY PARTEEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- BILLIE NEAL PLUMPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- RAYMOND CARL ROBINSONSergeant · March 30, 1966
- DENNIS A DESCOPrivate First Class · April 11, 1966
- JULIAN B WILLOUGHBYStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD DOZIERLance Corporal · August 25, 1966
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.