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SAMUEL EUGENE HEWITT
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
February 26, 1948 – March 23, 1966
Service recordSamuel Eugene Hewitt, of Walkerton, Indiana, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He was lost on March 23, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 41
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- L CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- February 26, 1948
- Home of record
- Walkerton, Indiana (St Joseph County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 23, 1966
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1966; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “L CO 3 BN 9 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 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
On the Wall
Also on Panel 6E, Line 41
- RICHARD ANTHONY CARUOLOLance Corporal · March 23, 1966
- JUAN JOSE CASTROSergeant · March 23, 1966
- DONALD E CLARK JRCaptain · March 23, 1966
- CLYDE DUANE DAWSONMajor · March 23, 1966
From Walkerton
- LYNN LEROY SMITHCorporal · April 17, 1966
- DAVID LEE SKINNERLance Corporal · October 17, 1966
- DONALD RAY COLDEBERGSergeant · March 3, 1967
- LOUIS JOSEPH MAHER JRSergeant · March 24, 1968
- DONNIE RAY HARLEYCorporal · May 27, 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.