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SAMUEL BLUNT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 19, 1937 – January 8, 1968
Service recordSamuel Blunt, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 8, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 80 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 80
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 19, 1937
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
101 names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 80
- DANIEL RAYMOND BOWMANPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- JAMES LARRY BURNEYPrivate First Class · January 8, 1968
- FRANCIS EUGENE CANNONSpecialist Four · January 8, 1968
- JOHN THOMAS CHAPMANCaptain · January 8, 1968
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
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.