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SAMMY BURROLA JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 16, 1947 – September 25, 1968
Service recordSammy Burrola JR, of Buena Park, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 25, 1968, in Quang Duc Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 9
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)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Buena Park, California (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Duc
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date September 25, 1968; four of them were lost in Quang Duc Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 9
- MICHAEL DEAN MCNAUGHTONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1968
- RICHARD GLEN WOLFFSpecialist Four · September 24, 1968
- DENNIS KNUTE BLAINPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · September 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM ARTHUR CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 9
- JOHN WILLIAM EASTONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 10
- ROGER ALAN FULKERSONFirst Lieutenant · Panel 42W, Line 11
- JOHN ALLEN JENKINS IIISergeant · Panel 42W, Line 12
- TERRY JAY JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 42W, Line 12
- JOSEPH WILLIAM SEBASTIANCorporal · Panel 42W, Line 14
From Buena Park
- WALTER EDWIN HERRMANN IIILance Corporal · December 14, 1966
- RONALD CARL CRAPOCorporal · February 24, 1967
- DANIEL JENNINGS HOLCOMBSpecialist Four · March 21, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER ERV HERDERICKSpecialist Four · October 17, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN SOMMERSPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- MARCEL ADELAR LAROCHELLECorporal · June 1, 1968
- LARRY DON BUTLERSergeant · September 2, 1968
- GLENN LOUIS SPARKSPrivate First Class · March 19, 1969
- PAUL EVERETT WALLLieutenant Commander · October 16, 1969
- THEODORE FRANK BEDRAPrivate First Class · August 26, 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.