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SAMUEL RUSSELL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 8, 1942 – July 1, 1968
Service recordSamuel Russell, of Nashville, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 33
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 8, 1942
- Home of record
- Nashville, Tennessee (Davidson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 1, 1968
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1968; nine of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 33
- LYLE EDWARD SLANEFirst Lieutenant · July 1, 1968
- DON SCOTT STANLEYPrivate · July 1, 1968
- TONY TROMBETTASpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
- THOMAS MELVIN WASHINGTONSpecialist Four · July 1, 1968
From Nashville
- ALVIN G PARKERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1965
- DALLAS LAWSONPrivate First Class · February 10, 1965
- THOMAS C MCEWEN JRCaptain · February 24, 1965
- VARIS SAVAGE JRSergeant · November 6, 1965
- JOHN EDWARD FUQUASecond Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- JOE KENNETH TAYLORSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- CLARENCE MITCHELLSergeant · February 26, 1966
- DENNIS EDWARD HOLTPrivate · March 30, 1966
- ROGER DALE JARRELLPrivate First Class · April 3, 1966
- JASPER LEE KEENSergeant · May 19, 1966
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.