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JOE HENRY SAMANIEGO
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
April 3, 1933 – May 5, 1967
Service recordJoe Henry Samaniego, of Marfa, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 5, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 46
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Nuclear, Biological And Chemical Defense Specialist (5711)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HS CO 3 BN 1 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- April 3, 1933
- Home of record
- Marfa, Texas (Presidio County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 5, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date May 5, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 46
- DONALD JAMES SHEEHYSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- JAMES WALTER SMITHSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
- ARISTON R TALAN JRStaff Sergeant · May 5, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH THOMASSpecialist Four · May 5, 1967
From Marfa
- ELIGIO RICE GONZALES JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- MARIO JUAN MENDIASSpecialist Four · March 2, 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.