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SAMUEL ROSAS-SANZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1943 – September 22, 1968
Service recordSamuel Rosas-Sanz, of Santurce, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 66
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. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1943
- Home of record
- Santurce, Puerto Rico (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Định Tường Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 79 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 66
- NATHAN RAY SALESPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- MERREL GERALD SARVELAPrivate First Class · September 22, 1968
- JAMES BERNARD SCOTTSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
- STEVEN GLEN SHIRKSpecialist Four · September 22, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT HENRY BUEHLERPrivate First Class · Panel 43W, Line 60
- ROBERT JOHN BYRNESStaff Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 61
- WILLIAM JOSEPH HOUSTONCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 63
- WILLIAM GERALD PEELERFirst Sergeant · Panel 43W, Line 65
- WILLIAM WAYNE VANMATERSergeant · Panel 43W, Line 67
From Santurce
- RAFAEL ACEVEDO-RECHANIMajor · December 3, 1965
- EDUARDO GONZALEZ-DROZSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ALFREDO OSTOLAZO-MALDONADOPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- VICTOR M TOSADO-HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · August 28, 1966
- ARMANDO RAMOSSergeant First Class · October 4, 1966
- LUIS VIGO-NEGRINStaff Sergeant · February 16, 1967
- ANGEL MIGU SOTO-RODRIGUEZSpecialist Four · May 12, 1967
- THOMAS ANTONIO RIVERAStaff Sergeant · June 16, 1967
- NOEL ALEXANDER JOHNSecond Lieutenant · September 7, 1967
- ALBERTO CARRASQUILLO-DENTONSpecialist Four · February 8, 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.