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SAMUEL LUVENE SQUARRELL
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
July 27, 1923 – February 7, 1968
Service recordSamuel Luvene Squarrell, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 7, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · Line 15
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Telecommunications Operations Chief (31Z)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 SIGNAL BDE
- Born
- July 27, 1923
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 7, 1968
- Age
- 44
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
136 names on the Wall carry the date February 7, 1968; 11 of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 SIGNAL BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 21 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 15
- ROBERT HARRY SODENSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- ROBERT JOSEPH STATENHospitalman · February 7, 1968
- ARTHUR ALLYN STEPHENSSpecialist Four · February 7, 1968
- JOHN ANTHONY SURGALSKIPrivate · February 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RANDOLPH A EDWARDSSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 82
- BOYD JEFFERY NELSONSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 8
- ADRIAN ALLEN QUICK JRSergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 11
- DAVID EARL WEDHORNPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 18
- EVERETT ALBERT WYATT JRSergeant First Class · Panel 38E, Line 19
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.