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SAMUEL HERBERT POWELL
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 31, 1945 – June 12, 1972
Service recordSamuel Herbert Powell, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 12, 1972, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · 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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Qualified A-6e Bombardier/Navigator (I) (7583)
- Born
- May 31, 1945
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1972
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1972; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 41
- ROGER EUGENE WILSONMajor · June 11, 1972
- ROBIN RAY YEAKLEYSpecialist Four · June 11, 1972
- MAURICE CLARKStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1972
- RICHARD DENNIS WILEYSpecialist Four · June 12, 1972
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 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.