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MICHAEL ROMAN SAMSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 31, 1947 – July 28, 1966
Service recordMichael Roman Samson, of Antioch, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 28, 1966, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 84
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 31, 1947
- Home of record
- Antioch, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 28, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date July 28, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 84
- REO OWENSPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- RICHARD DEAN POWERPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- BENNY LEON SMITHPrivate First Class · July 28, 1966
- PHILLIP NEIL TROUGHTONSpecialist Four · July 28, 1966
From Antioch
- JOHN EDWARD HANNIGAN IIIPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM PORTERCorporal · December 18, 1965
- DANIEL VIRAMONTES VALDEZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- GEORGE DOUGLAS DEITRICKSpecialist Four · June 23, 1969
- MICHAEL ALFRED RASMUSSONCorporal · June 2, 1970
- RAYMOND CLYDE HOLTSergeant · December 27, 1970
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.