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SAMUEL MCARTHUR CAVINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 10, 1942 – September 30, 1968
Service recordSamuel McArthur Cavins, of Central Station, West Virginia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 30, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 42W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 42W · Line 45
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- April 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Central Station, West Virginia (Doddridge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 30, 1968
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date September 30, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 42W, Line 45
- GENE ALLEN LAUERTechnical Sergeant · September 24, 1968
- PHILIP SEAN BANCROFTCorporal · September 30, 1968
- ROBERT JAMES BARRYPrivate First Class · September 30, 1968
- PHILIP ARTHUR BEASLEYHospitalman · September 30, 1968
- BOBBY JAMES BROWNStaff Sergeant · September 30, 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.