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SAMUEL MENA
Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 23, 1949 – October 19, 1968
Service recordSamuel Mena, of Paterson, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 19, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1949
- Home of record
- Paterson, New Jersey (Passaic County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 19, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 19, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 4
- DANIEL MATTEI-SANTIAGOSpecialist Four · October 19, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD MCGINNESSCorporal · October 19, 1968
- MICHAEL DOMINIC PAONESSAPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
- JAMES JOHN RAIOLOPrivate First Class · October 19, 1968
From Paterson
- JESSE JAMES JRLance Corporal · June 23, 1965
- LLOYD VINCENT GREENESergeant · November 8, 1965
- RAFAEL SANTIAGO-CRUZPrivate First Class · November 12, 1965
- WILLIAM HOBSON HUBBARDSergeant First Class · March 16, 1966
- PETER FRANCIS MEADPetty Officer Third Class · May 21, 1966
- JOHN HENRY LADUKELance Corporal · April 20, 1967
- WLADMIR WILLIAM ZUBARSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- VINCENT JAMES GABRIEL JRPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- DONALD IANDOLISergeant · November 19, 1967
- ARTHUR JORDANPrivate First Class · January 10, 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.