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SAMUEL SILVER THERIAULT
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 6, 1934 – November 27, 1967
Service recordSamuel Silver Theriault, of Rochester, New Hampshire, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1967, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 100
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- January 6, 1934
- Home of record
- Rochester, New Hampshire (Strafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1967
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1967; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 30E, Line 100
- DAVID WAYNE WOODENCorporal · November 27, 1967
- THOMAS GLENN CARAWAYPrivate First Class · November 28, 1967
- BILL EDGER GAULTSpecialist Four · November 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RUDOLFO CHAVEZStaff Sergeant · Panel 30E, Line 96
- WILLIAM WALLACE MCGREW IIISergeant · Panel 30E, Line 98
From Rochester
- GEORGE EUGENE CAHILLStaff Sergeant · August 29, 1967
- JOHN RAYMOND WALKERSpecialist Six · March 20, 1972
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.