MONTGOMERY, ALA. — Samuel Winford Arrington Jr. knew he wouldn’t return home from Vietnam.
He told his family that after he was drafted as an 18-year-old out of high school. Although he didn’t come back, part of his spirit remains with his family in the photographs, letters tied with ribbons and many memories they retain.
“He loved wearing this uniform,” his sister, Deloris Arrington Moore, said while looking at his military portrait. “He was just proud to serve. Very proud to serve.”
Montgomery native Army Cpl. Samuel W. Arrington Jr. died when he was 21 years and 14 days old.
Read more of the story from the Army Times.
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