Samuel Eugene Hewitt

Vietnam War
Unit3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division
RankStaff Sergeant U.S. Marine Corps
Entered Service FromWalkerton Indiana
Date of DeathMarch 23 1966
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division
Notes
Staff Sergeant Hewitt was a rifleman with Company L, 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division. On March 23, 1966, he was declared missing while moving to his listening post in South Vietnam. His remains were recovered on June 24, 2010 and identified on September 20, 2010. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.