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SAMUEL RAY WALL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1949 – February 25, 1969
Service recordSamuel Ray Wall, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 61
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 22, 1949
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
106 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1969; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 61
- TRUMAN J WALSHSpecialist Four · February 25, 1969
- THOMAS CRAIG WARNERSergeant · February 25, 1969
- RONNEL LOUIE WAUGHLance Corporal · February 25, 1969
- GEORGE W WELDY JRPrivate First Class · February 25, 1969
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.