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SAMUEL JOHN NUNN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 18, 1949 – September 10, 1968
Service recordSamuel John Nunn, of Deming, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 19
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
- February 18, 1949
- Home of record
- Deming, New Mexico (Luna County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 19
- MICHAEL J D PELCHWarrant Officer 1 · September 10, 1968
- MICHAEL LEE POLETTILance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- JUAN PORRASPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- BERNIE ROSALES JRCorporal · September 10, 1968
From Deming
- STEVE GONZALES DURANHospitalman · August 18, 1965
- JOSEPH FELIX TRUJILLOGunnery Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- KURT BYRON PEARSONCorporal · October 14, 1967
- FRANK SOLIS PORTERCorporal · August 30, 1968
- RICHARD SAENZPrivate First Class · October 6, 1968
- CLOVIS LEE MAYSergeant · May 22, 1969
- VICTOR MUNOZ ROMANSpecialist Four · June 28, 1969
- JIMMIE FLOYD NABOURSWarrant Officer 1 · June 30, 1970
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.