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SAM BURNELL JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 31, 1941 – January 10, 1966
Service recordSam Burnell JR, of Grand Junction, Colorado, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 10, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 61
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- August 31, 1941
- Home of record
- Grand Junction, Colorado (Mesa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 10, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date January 10, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 61
- RICHARD EUGENE TUCKERPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- ROBERT DAVID WARDCorporal · January 9, 1966
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES DELANO SWARTZPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 62
From Grand Junction
- RICHARD PETE DONATHANLance Corporal · August 10, 1966
- LEROY FRED DELGADO JRPrivate First Class · February 17, 1967
- GARY LEON TRUJILLOPrivate First Class · November 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIAM DOBYPetty Officer First Class · February 6, 1968
- RONNIE DEAN SCHULTZSpecialist Five · February 29, 1968
- PHILIP RAYMOND SHAFERSpecialist Six · April 19, 1968
- PHILIP DENNIS MILLERPrivate First Class · May 17, 1968
- JERRY WAYNE GOBBOPrivate First Class · February 28, 1969
- DAVID RUSSELL WELCHSergeant · March 12, 1970
- DAVID CHARLES JOHNSONSergeant · February 5, 1971
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.