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SAMUEL EARNEST WITCHER
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 18, 1945 – July 4, 1967
Service recordSamuel Earnest Witcher, of Martinsville, Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 18, 1945
- Home of record
- Martinsville, Virginia (Martinsville (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 8
- ROBERT WILLIAMS SWIGARTCaptain · July 4, 1967
- THOMAS L TERRYSergeant First Class · July 4, 1967
- JAMES EDDY TURNERPrivate First Class · July 4, 1967
- ROBERT A WOODROWSpecialist Four · July 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JOHN WILLIAM DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 1
- ROBERT A WOODROWSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 8
From Martinsville
- LOUIS ALLEN JEFFERSONPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- JOHNNY MICHAEL HAIRSTONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1966
- ALPHONSO S MARTINSergeant · February 1, 1968
- MORRIS ALFRED WHITEHEADSergeant · February 24, 1968
- LONNIE DOUGLAS ALLEYSpecialist Four · March 26, 1968
- LARRY DAVIS HATCHERPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- ROBERT VERNON HOLLANDLance Corporal · June 4, 1968
- LEWIS RANDOLPH LOVELL JRSpecialist Four · June 6, 1968
- HARRY PEMBERTON MARTINPrivate First Class · June 9, 1968
- CLOVIS BERNARD WALKERCorporal · June 30, 1969
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.