Joe Henry Samaniego
Staff Sergeant
H&S CO, 3RD BN, 1ST MARINES, 1ST MARDIV, III MAF
United States Marine Corps
Marfa, Texas
April 03, 1933 to May 05, 1967
(Incident Date April 21, 1967)
JOE H SAMANIEGO is on the Wall at Panel 19E, Line 46

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14 Apr 2006

Joe Henry was a resident of Marfa, Texas, the first of three to die in Vietnam from this small town in the "Big Bend Country" of West Texas. He was married and the father of a son. He had served in the Marine Corps for 14 years at the time of his death. He died from wounds suffered from a gunshot wound in hostile action. He is remembered by his community and by the Permian Basin Vietnam Veterans' Memorial located in Midland, Texas. May his sacrifice not be forgotten.

From a PBVVM representative,
Billy M. Brown
4015 Melody Lane, Odessa, Texas 79762
bmbrown@grandecom.net


 

A Note from The Virtual Wall

The 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines, lost two men to gunshot wounds on 05 May 1967:
  • SSgt Joe H. Samaniego, Marfa, TX, H&S Company, died of wounds, and
  • Cpl Johnny Blackmon, Flint, MI, India Company, was killed outright.
The Virtual Wall cannot determine if they were involved in the same incident or if SSgt Samaniego had been wounded in an earlier incident.


The other two men from Marfa, Texas, who died in Vietnam were

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