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SAMUEL DALE SHIMEK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 3, 1947 – December 9, 1968
Service recordSamuel Dale Shimek, of Uniontown, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 9, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 3, 1947
- Home of record
- Uniontown, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date December 9, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 103 of its members that month.
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
Also on Panel 37W, Line 78
- CURTIS HENRY SHARP JRSergeant · December 9, 1968
- ERVIN DALE SMITHSpecialist Four · December 9, 1968
- JOHNNY CHARLES TURNERPrivate First Class · December 9, 1968
- WILLIE GENE ALDRIDGEPrivate First Class · December 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS DUDLEY BERKFIELDSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 72
- MICHAEL J CIESIELKA JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 37W, Line 72
- IRA DAUNETTE COOPERSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 73
- DENNIS CHARLES ERFORDSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 73
- ERNEST JOSEPH GRASSISpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 74
- ROBERT FRANCIS HINKSTONPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 75
- PETE LOPEZSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 75
- TALTON LEE MACKEYSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 75
- LEONARD RAY MARTINSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 76
- VAN LASALLE RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 77
- MICHAEL GEORGE RAYSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 77
- DAVID FREDERICK RHODESCorporal · Panel 37W, Line 77
- CHARLES EDWARD ROBINETTEPrivate First Class · Panel 37W, Line 77
- EARL THOMAS SHAFFER SRFirst Sergeant · Panel 37W, Line 77
- CURTIS HENRY SHARP JRSergeant · Panel 37W, Line 78
- ERVIN DALE SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 37W, Line 78
From Uniontown
- JOSEPH GEORGE EVANS JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- JULIUS JOSEPH VALINT JRLance Corporal · March 21, 1966
- BARRY ALAN ZAVISLANCaptain · March 6, 1967
- EARL FREDERICK BURKESergeant First Class · February 7, 1968
- JAMES ROBERT MCDONOUGHSpecialist Five · May 7, 1968
- DANIEL EUGENE FIKELance Corporal · October 18, 1968
- LOUIS GERARD WHEELERSergeant · March 16, 1969
- HORACE LEE WARDELLPrivate · August 20, 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.