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SAMUEL LIGHTMAN
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 19, 1946 – November 2, 1966
Service recordSamuel Lightman, of Ambridge, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on November 2, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 10
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
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 19, 1946
- Home of record
- Ambridge, Pennsylvania (Beaver County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 10
- THOMAS ALFRED DUCKETTLance Corporal · November 2, 1966
- LARRY LEE FULLERPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
- CARL FRANKLIN GARRISONSpecialist Four · November 2, 1966
- ROBERT EARL KLINEColonel · November 2, 1966
From Ambridge
- BENNIE JOE PAOLANTONIOSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH POTTER JRLieutenant Colonel · December 29, 1967
- CHARLES WILLIAM SETHSpecialist Four · September 14, 1968
- FRANK ALBERT SKOCICHPrivate First Class · September 17, 1968
- LOUIS RODRIGUEZSergeant First Class · December 20, 1968
- WALTER HERBERT BUCKA JRStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1970
- JOHN ANTHONY OGRIZEKCorporal · September 26, 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.