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SAMUEL LEWIS HUFFMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
March 5, 1947 – July 25, 1966
Service recordSamuel Lewis Huffman, of Hamilton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1966, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 74
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
- March 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Hamilton, Ohio (Butler County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 74
- CHRIS FRANK FABRISCorporal · July 25, 1966
- JOSE DEJESUS FLORESPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
- MICKEY RAY GRABLECorporal · July 25, 1966
- CHARLES DAVID HATFIELDPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
From Hamilton
- STANLEY SERGEANT SHAWLieutenant · February 11, 1964
- NELSON EDDIE WILSONPrivate First Class · September 1, 1965
- EUGENE LEE ELLWOODCorporal · October 3, 1965
- LEON PARNELL LAMPLEYPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- THOMAS FREDERICK BRUCKChief Petty Officer · January 10, 1966
- THOMAS EDWARD MILESPrivate First Class · March 29, 1966
- PAUL LEWIN CONRADPrivate First Class · May 24, 1966
- KENNETH RAY BERTSCHSpecialist Four · September 13, 1966
- WALTER MARCUMPrivate First Class · September 29, 1966
- WILLIAM CARPENTER JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 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.