The Wall › Panel 54E › Michigan › Samuel Thomas Neil JR
SAMUEL THOMAS NEIL JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 16, 1946 – May 4, 1968
Service recordSamuel Thomas Neil JR, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 4, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 54E, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54E · Line 38
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 16, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 4, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date May 4, 1968; five of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 236 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54E, Line 38
- THOMAS A MCCORMICK JRPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- LAWRENCE MOBLEYPrivate First Class · May 4, 1968
- SUTTON MOBLEY JRSpecialist Four · May 4, 1968
- JOHN WILLIAM MORANCorporal · May 4, 1968
Same unit, same day
- STERLING CLARK BANKSSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 30
- JOHN EARNEST SWANSON JRCorporal · Panel 54E, Line 32
- KELLUM WARREN GRANTSergeant · Panel 54E, Line 34
- JOHN TIMOTHY LANEPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 36
- JERRY LENNONSpecialist Four · Panel 54E, Line 36
- DONALD EUGENE SLATERPrivate First Class · Panel 54E, Line 40
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 1965
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.