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SAMUEL LEE MODESITT
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 23, 1941 – June 17, 1967
Service recordSamuel Lee Modesitt, of Manila, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 17, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 124
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- A BTRY 6 BN 27 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP
- Born
- July 23, 1941
- Home of record
- Manila, Arkansas (Mississippi County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 17, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
68 names on the Wall carry the date June 17, 1967; two of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “A BTRY 6 BN 27 ARTY 23 ARTY GRP”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 124
- PAUL FREDERICK KIECKERLieutenant Colonel · June 17, 1967
- MICHAEL JOSEPH MORROWSpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- HOWARD ALLEN MUCHASpecialist Four · June 17, 1967
- GEORGE THOMAS MURRAYPlatoon Sergeant · June 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MICHAEL ROACHCorporal · Panel 22E, Line 1
From Manila
- CARL JEROME MILLERPetty Officer Third Class · December 8, 1968
- GARVIN WAYNE DILLSergeant · May 25, 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.