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SAMUEL MORALES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 8, 1948 – April 22, 1968
Service recordSamuel Morales, of Serafina, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 22, 1968, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Serafina, New Mexico (San Miguel County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 22, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date April 22, 1968; eight of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3/5 CAV 9 INF DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 31
- GEORGE PAUL KLEINStaff Sergeant · April 22, 1968
- DANIEL MASONSpecialist Four · April 22, 1968
- BOYD CARL MINKPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
- LESTER LEWIS MOOREPrivate First Class · April 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARVEY WATKINS BOOKERPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 28
- JERRY LABORN BOOKERSpecialist Four · Panel 51E, Line 28
- ROGER ALLAN DAINSSpecialist Five · Panel 51E, Line 29
- RONALD EDWARD SPROUSEPrivate First Class · Panel 51E, Line 33
- THURMAN TRACY WALLSCorporal · Panel 51E, Line 34
- DANIEL EDWARD WOLFECorporal · Panel 51E, Line 35
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.