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SAMUEL THOMAS MORROW
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 8, 1947 – July 23, 1966
Service recordSamuel Thomas Morrow, of Southfields, New York, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Light Vehicle Driver (64A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- March 8, 1947
- Home of record
- Southfields, New York (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 63
- THOMAS VERNON MADISONLance Corporal · July 23, 1966
- BENJAMIN BYRD NEWSOMColonel · July 23, 1966
- STEVEN OWEN SCHULTZPetty Officer Third Class · July 23, 1966
- ROBERT LEE WENGERCorporal · July 23, 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.