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PETER NICHOLAS SAMARAS
Major · U.S. Marine Corps
March 23, 1931 – March 19, 1967
Service recordPeter Nicholas Samaras, of Lowell, Massachusetts, served as a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 19, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 115
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
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Pilot Vmr (Aw) Single Place (7305)
- Born
- March 23, 1931
- Home of record
- Lowell, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 19, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 19, 1967; seven 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 16E, Line 115
- JOSEPH ANTHONY SANTONEPrivate · March 19, 1967
- LOUIS SASSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- DONALD LEE SCHROEDERSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
- JOHN NOBLE SHEFFIELDSpecialist Four · March 19, 1967
From Lowell
- DONALD LEONARD ARCANDPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM THOMAS CALLERYPrivate First Class · February 22, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH CARVILLESpecialist Four · May 1, 1966
- PETER TSIROVASILESPrivate First Class · June 2, 1966
- RUDOLPH H LEFEBVRE JRCorporal · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH LEO VALLEEPrivate First Class · July 26, 1966
- PAUL LEO STEWARTStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1967
- ROBERT FRANCIS BIGELOWPrivate First Class · September 12, 1967
- BRUCE RAYMOND BAXTERMaster Sergeant · November 8, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH KELLEYFirst Lieutenant · February 20, 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.