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SAM JOSEPH FAVATA
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 10, 1947 – July 21, 1968
Service recordSam Joseph Favata, of Pico Rivera, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 25
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 10, 1947
- Home of record
- Pico Rivera, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1968. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 25
- DAVID JOHN ECKENRODESecond Lieutenant · July 21, 1968
- SHERMAN EDWARD FLANAGAN JRLieutenant Colonel · July 21, 1968
- ARTHUR MERINO FLORESCorporal · July 21, 1968
- WILLIAM HENRY FOSTERSergeant · July 21, 1968
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD RAYMOND BRAUNPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 23
- SOLOMON LEON MCMILLIANPrivate First Class · Panel 51W, Line 27
From Pico Rivera
- EDWARD LEONARD LOWEPrivate First Class · December 26, 1965
- RICHARD EDWARD WHITINGPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- JIMMY VASQUEZPrivate First Class · December 17, 1966
- JOHN RAYMOND STALTERSergeant · March 3, 1967
- FRANK BARRERAS IIICorporal · March 20, 1967
- RUBEN MAXIMO ARMENTAPrivate First Class · March 30, 1967
- JAMES ALBERT BODALance Corporal · April 29, 1967
- MICHAEL OWEN SHELLEYPrivate First Class · May 29, 1967
- GILBERT SOLANO SALAZARLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- RONALD L ANDREWSSergeant · October 8, 1967
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.