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SAM JARRELL SMALL JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 26, 1944 – August 11, 1969
Service recordSam Jarrell Small JR, of Toledo, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 5
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 2 BN 32 ARTY II FF
- Born
- April 26, 1944
- Home of record
- Toledo, Ohio (Lucas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 11, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date August 11, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 5
- JOHN CHARLES SIMS JRCorporal · August 11, 1969
- BRADLEY LOUIS SINNSpecialist Four · August 11, 1969
- JAMES CONLEY STONERSergeant · August 11, 1969
- LAURENCIO VIGILPrivate First Class · August 11, 1969
From Toledo
- THOMAS FREDERICK GORTONCaptain · December 6, 1963
- BARRY NEWTON HAMBLETONPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT TAFT HANSON JRLieutenant Commander · February 3, 1966
- CARLOS DENNIS JELKSPrivate First Class · February 14, 1966
- LAMAR DONALD FREDERICKPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS W MALEWSKISergeant · March 9, 1966
- MICHAEL OWEN GATWOODPrivate First Class · May 20, 1966
- JAMES THOMAS LANGLOISSpecialist Four · August 15, 1966
- BYRON NELSON LUDWIGPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIE JAMES TUCKERPrivate First Class · August 20, 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.