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SAMUEL PROCTOR JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 18, 1946 – May 22, 1967
Service recordSamuel Proctor JR, of St Simons, Georgia, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 22, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 86
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 18, 1946
- Home of record
- St Simons, Georgia (Glynn County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 22, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date May 22, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 20E, Line 86
- HARRY JOHN MCGUIRE IIIPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- RUSSELL DEAN NEEDHAMPrivate First Class · May 22, 1967
- ELTON LAWRENCE PERRINEColonel · May 22, 1967
- MOSES LEON POINDEXTERSpecialist Four · May 22, 1967
From St Simons
- ALLEN JEROME GROVNERLance Corporal · July 26, 1968
- JAMES FREDERICK CAMERONCaptain · September 13, 1969
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.