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SAMMUEL EDGAR SURBER
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 13, 1947 – January 15, 1970
Service recordSammuel Edgar Surber, of Todd, North Carolina, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on January 15, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 14W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14W · Line 36
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Food Service Specialist (94B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- October 13, 1947
- Home of record
- Todd, North Carolina (Ashe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 15, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 15, 1970; three of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 14W, Line 36
- DAVID CRUZ CHAVEZStaff Sergeant · January 15, 1970
- LARRY DEAN FLORANGPrivate First Class · January 15, 1970
- MICHAEL HARVEY HIPPACHSpecialist Four · January 15, 1970
- ROBERT DEAN KRAMERCorporal · January 15, 1970
From Todd
- JEFF MILLERSpecialist Four · January 25, 1970
- JOHN BERNARD PROFFITSergeant · August 3, 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.