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SAMMY FRANKLIN MONROE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 24, 1947 – February 27, 1967
Service recordSammy Franklin Monroe, of Mt Gilead, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 107
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- E CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV
- Born
- October 24, 1947
- Home of record
- Mt Gilead, North Carolina (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date February 27, 1967; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “E CO 2 BN 5 MAR 1 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 107
- JOSE REYMUNDO LOZANOPrivate First Class · February 27, 1967
- DOUGLAS ELLSWORTH NICHOLSFirst Lieutenant · February 27, 1967
- CHARLES STEVEN NORRISPrivate First Class · February 27, 1967
- TIMOTHY EUGENE PERRYPrivate First Class · February 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JESUS ROSAS CRUZLance Corporal · Panel 15E, Line 104
From Mt Gilead
- CHESLEY ALEXANDER STORYLance Corporal · March 21, 1968
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.