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SAMUEL RAY DURHAM
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 4, 1945 – June 9, 1967
Service recordSamuel Ray Durham, of Lomita, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 78 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 78
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 4, 1945
- Home of record
- Lomita, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 78
- LAWRENCE HENRY DONNELLStaff Sergeant · June 9, 1967
- HAROLD LEE GIBSONPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- FREDDY LYNN GRAYPrivate First Class · June 9, 1967
- RICHARD ARLINGTON GRAYFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD LEE GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 78
- JAMES LOUIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 80
- RUFUS RAYPrivate First Class · Panel 21E, Line 80
From Lomita
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RICHARD WARREN HASTINGSLieutenant · April 16, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY BAGLIOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- JOHN GEOFFREY TURKLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DENNIS MCGLOTHINPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · April 5, 1968
- FREDERICK RAYMOND HORRIDGEPrivate First Class · October 13, 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.