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SAMUEL FLOYD ROLEN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
July 14, 1949 – May 16, 1968
Service recordSamuel Floyd Rolen, of Idabel, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 16, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 61E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61E · Line 18
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Idabel, Oklahoma (Mccurtain County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 16, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date May 16, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61E, Line 18
- DAVID J RICKELMajor · May 16, 1968
- ANUND C ROARKSergeant · May 16, 1968
- ALBERT W ROMINESergeant · May 16, 1968
- JOHN ROTONNELLISpecialist Four · May 16, 1968
From Idabel
- NORMAN EDWARD ADAMSSergeant · January 18, 1968
- JOHN ENOCH BLACKPrivate First Class · April 3, 1968
- EDWARD F GUTHRIEFirst Lieutenant · May 2, 1968
- JOHNNY RAY PARKERSergeant · March 24, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD PULLEYSpecialist Four · June 14, 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.