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RICHARD MARTIN SAMORAY
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 28, 1943 – August 14, 1968
Service recordRichard Martin Samoray, of Queens Village, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 14, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · Line 15
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. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1943
- Home of record
- Queens Village, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 14, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 14, 1968; five of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 86 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 15
- BOBBY LEE RILEYPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN SANTOROSpecialist Four · August 14, 1968
- FRANCIS ANTHONY SCHWARZPrivate First Class · August 14, 1968
- MICHAEL WILLIAM SINIBALDICorporal · August 14, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT ARTHUR BULMERPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 11
- MICHAEL WILLIAM SINIBALDICorporal · Panel 48W, Line 15
From Queens Village
- ARTHUR CAVANAGHSpecialist Four · January 11, 1966
- RICHARD JOHN JANKOWSKISpecialist Four · July 13, 1966
- DONALD MILLSStaff Sergeant · March 25, 1967
- CHARLES LUDWIGStaff Sergeant · March 5, 1968
- GARY PHILIP SINCLAIRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1969
- DOUGLAS GERALD MACNEILFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 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.