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SAMUEL LEE DELLOS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 15, 1942 – February 6, 1966
Service recordSamuel Lee Dellos, of Worland, Wyoming, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 5
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 15, 1942
- Home of record
- Worland, Wyoming (Washakie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1966
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 5
- GLENN EDWARD ASMUSSENPetty Officer First Class · February 5, 1966
- BENARD JOHN SPARENBERGChief Petty Officer · February 5, 1966
- FRANKLIN GODFREY TODDSergeant · February 5, 1966
- WILLIAM L ARMSTRONGSpecialist Four · February 6, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LOUIS HOPKINSSpecialist Five · Panel 5E, Line 6
From Worland
- ALVA RAY KROGMANFirst Lieutenant · January 17, 1967
- HENRY EUGENE MAULPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
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.