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SAMUEL VINCENT BURRUANO
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
November 21, 1949 – July 23, 1969
Service recordSamuel Vincent Burruano, of St Louis, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 23, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 35
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 21, 1949
- Home of record
- St Louis, Missouri (St Louis (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 23, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date July 23, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 35
- ALLEN EUGENE STARRWarrant Officer 1 · July 22, 1969
- GAIL LEE WHITLATCHSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
- CHARLES EDWARD FORDCorporal · July 23, 1969
- PHILIP HAMMONSPrivate First Class · July 23, 1969
From St Louis
- EDDIE LOUIS SMITHStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- GERALD ROBERT KEENEYSpecialist Five · December 28, 1964
- HAROLD DALE MEYERKORDLieutenant · March 16, 1965
- GEORGE CRAIG SMITHMajor · April 3, 1965
- TERRY WAYNE MILLSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1965
- DONNIE D EZELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1965
- RONALD JOHN WARRENStaff Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- DALE LEROY TOOLOOSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 2, 1965
- JOSEPH L TSCHAMBERSPrivate First Class · September 2, 1965
- ANTHONY ROY HARDIESpecialist Four · October 28, 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.