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SAMUEL HARRISON EASLEY II
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 5, 1945 – May 28, 1968
Service recordSamuel Harrison Easley II, of Bassett, Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 64W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 64W · Line 8
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 5, 1945
- Home of record
- Bassett, Virginia (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 28, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
74 names on the Wall carry the date May 28, 1968; 35 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 64W, Line 8
- FRANCIS ANTHONY M DANIELSSpecialist Four · May 28, 1968
- JOHN JOSEPH DONAHUEPetty Officer Third Class · May 28, 1968
- MICHAEL LEON DRAKEPrivate First Class · May 28, 1968
- WALTER LLOYD DROSDLance Corporal · May 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS ARTHUR STEVENS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 64W, Line 16
From Bassett
- FRANK JOSEPH BOWLESCorporal · July 9, 1967
- LINWOOD DWIGHT MARTINSergeant First Class · March 22, 1968
- LONNIE ALLAN BROOKSSergeant · May 3, 1968
- DAVID WAYNE WILSONPrivate First Class · May 17, 1969
- CALVIN WETZEL RAMSEYCorporal · August 8, 1970
- GORDON ELLIOTT STONEMajor · May 21, 1972
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.