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SAMUEL ALMENDARIZ
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 10, 1934 – July 12, 1967
Service recordSamuel Almendariz, of Mcallen, Texas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1967, in Laos, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 55
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- May 10, 1934
- Home of record
- Mcallen, Texas (Hidalgo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1967. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 7 of its members that month.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 23E, Line 55
- EMILE JOSEPH LEGERESpecialist Four · July 11, 1967
- LUTHER TONY STOWELance Corporal · July 11, 1967
- CHARLES VINCENT AYLORSpecialist Four · July 12, 1967
- FRED GARLAND BRAGG JRFirst Lieutenant · July 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT JOSEPH SULLIVANMaster Sergeant · Panel 23E, Line 63
From Mcallen
- VIRGIL KING CAMERONLieutenant Commander · July 29, 1966
- JULIAN MARTINEZ ALVAREZPrivate First Class · January 20, 1967
- ARTURO RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · February 14, 1967
- JOSE BENIGNO TIJERINAPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- JUAN VALENZUELACorporal · August 21, 1967
- CARLOS V TREVINOStaff Sergeant · March 12, 1968
- JACK ALLEN WHETSEL JRFirst Lieutenant · April 30, 1968
- GEORGE RAMIRO SOSAPrivate First Class · May 27, 1968
- WILLIAM EDWARD CAMPBELLColonel · January 29, 1969
- JOHN SIDNEY BONNER JRLieutenant Colonel · May 31, 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.