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ROBERTO SAMANIEGO
Captain · U.S. Army
August 22, 1935 – June 19, 1965
Service recordRoberto Samaniego, of El Paso, Texas, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 19, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 15
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Born
- August 22, 1935
- Home of record
- El Paso, Texas (El Paso County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 19, 1965
- Age
- 29
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 19, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 15
- JAMES LANE TALLEYSergeant · June 19, 1964
- CLAYTON LEON CRUCEPrivate · June 21, 1965
- KENNETH WAYNE PARKERLance Corporal · June 21, 1965
- WILLIAM EDWARD CORDEROMajor · June 22, 1965
From El Paso
- ROBERT ALLAN EIBERCaptain · June 25, 1965
- MARCOS HERNANDEZSergeant · October 30, 1965
- JOHN FREDERICK MCDERMOTTSpecialist Four · November 18, 1965
- ROBERTO ITUARTESergeant · December 11, 1965
- CHARLES ALAN ROBERTSCaptain · December 26, 1965
- WALLACE KINGSLEY SINERCaptain · January 5, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- HAROLD PAUL KINDLEBERGERFirst Lieutenant · May 11, 1966
- PEDRO MUNOZHospitalman · May 12, 1966
- ERMAN MILFORD NEWMAN JRMajor · August 12, 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.