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SAMUEL EUGENE DICK
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 14, 1950 – December 24, 1970
Service recordSamuel Eugene Dick, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 24, 1970, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 4
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- December 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 24, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date December 24, 1970; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 4
- BAIN WENDELL WISEMAN JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 23, 1970
- JOHN GARY BUCHANANWarrant Officer 1 · December 24, 1970
- PAUL JOHN DAMATO JRSpecialist Four · December 24, 1970
- GREGORY WAYNE FELKERSpecialist Four · December 24, 1970
Same unit, same day
- JOSEPH C SPENCE JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 5W, Line 7
- WILLIAM HENRY YOUNT JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 7
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 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.