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SAMUEL W ARRINGTON JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 23, 1946 – February 6, 1967
Service recordSamuel W Arrington JR, of Montgomery, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 126 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 126
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 23, 1946
- Home of record
- Montgomery, Alabama (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 126
- EVERETT ARMSTRONGSergeant · February 6, 1967
- DONALD RAY BAIRSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- MAX EUGENE BROWN JRPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- SAMUEL JUNIOUS BROWNStaff Sergeant · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DONALD RAY BAIRSpecialist Four · Panel 14E, Line 126
- SAMUEL JUNIOUS BROWNStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 126
- JIMMY LEE BUSSEYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 127
- WILLIAM ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 128
- WILLIAM EARL GRAYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 129
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 130
- SAMUEL DWIGHT THOMPSONPrivate First Class · Panel 15E, Line 2
From Montgomery
- FRANK LEONARD MILLER IIICaptain · September 30, 1965
- ROBERT LOUIS MOOREPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
- JAMES WALTER DENNIS JRLance Corporal · March 18, 1966
- GEORGE CANADA JRStaff Sergeant · May 15, 1966
- JIMMIE L SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 1, 1966
- WILLIAM HUGH GARDNER JRSpecialist Four · August 2, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN SKINNERPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- CHARLES TYRONE DAYLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · September 3, 1966
- WILLIAM J SEAWRIGHT JRSpecialist Four · November 15, 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.