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SAMUEL ALEXANDER PAPIN JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 26, 1951 – August 12, 1969
Service recordSamuel Alexander Papin JR, of Elmira, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 12, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 19
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- January 26, 1951
- Home of record
- Elmira, California (Solano County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 12, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
105 names on the Wall carry the date August 12, 1969; 19 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 15 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 19
- WALLACE THOMSON MCMAKINPrivate First Class · August 12, 1969
- ROBERT ANTHONY OCONNORConstructionman · August 12, 1969
- RODNEY GLENN OXENDINECorporal · August 12, 1969
- CARL PARTONStaff Sergeant · August 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DAVID STEPHEN DETERSSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 12
- JOSE LUIS FLORESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 12
- JONATHAN PAUL HASHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 19W, Line 15
- GENE RAYMOND KOSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 16
- MARCELLO NUNEZ BARRIOSSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 21
- LARRY ROMAN SCHMIDTSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 22
- JOHN JAMES SINCLAIRStaff Sergeant · Panel 19W, Line 23
- DON RICHARD SYKESSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 25
- CHRISTOPHER C WEBSTERSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 26
- LARRY JAY WHEELERSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 26
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.