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SAMUEL T SCRIVEN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 27, 1948 – May 1, 1967
Service recordSamuel T Scriven, of Ocala, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 1, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 7
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Ocala, Florida (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 1, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date May 1, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 7
- STANLEY MARCEL STASZAKMajor · April 4, 1959
- WILLIE J MYRICKPrivate First Class · May 1, 1967
- PEDRO ORTIZSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- ROBERT FRANK QUINNSpecialist Four · May 1, 1967
- CARL ARTHUR SMITHLance Corporal · May 1, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JUDE DESSELLESpecialist Four · Panel 19E, Line 4
- HERBERT L FARRINGTON IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 19E, Line 4
- LARRY ROY STEPHANSecond Lieutenant · Panel 19E, Line 8
From Ocala
- HAROLD GOLDMANPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM ROWLAND JRCorporal · January 23, 1966
- GEORGE AARON MORNINGSTARSergeant · June 9, 1966
- DONALD GENE VERNONSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- JIMMIE LEE THOMASPrivate First Class · May 18, 1967
- OSCAR LOW THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · October 23, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HOPPERLance Corporal · October 28, 1967
- MAURICE THERON WILLIAMSPlatoon Sergeant · February 17, 1968
- LUCIUS ANDERSON JRSergeant · March 14, 1968
- DONALD RAY BROGDONCorporal · May 6, 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.