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ALAN EARL SANDERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1946 – June 24, 1969
Service recordAlan Earl Sanders, of Corpus Christi, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 24, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 10
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 17, 1946
- Home of record
- Corpus Christi, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 24, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date June 24, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 36 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 10
- RONALD SCOTTSpecialist Five · June 24, 1969
- JAMES ALLEN SLATERSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- WOODROW N TRISSELL JRSpecialist Four · June 24, 1969
- MICHAEL JEFFERY WATERLOOPrivate First Class · June 24, 1969
From Corpus Christi
- FAYBERT RAY BRADSHAWStaff Sergeant · July 20, 1965
- JOE THOMAS WELBORNChief Warrant Officer 2 · November 4, 1965
- WILLIAM A JENNINGS IIICorporal · December 13, 1965
- MIGUEL GARCIA JRPrivate First Class · April 22, 1966
- WILLIAM R MINDACHSpecialist Four · July 6, 1966
- BENITO PEREZFirst Sergeant · August 2, 1966
- RAUL FLORESLance Corporal · August 7, 1966
- JERRY PHILLIPSPetty Officer Second Class · August 11, 1966
- ALFREDO CASTANONPrivate First Class · September 24, 1966
- DWIGHT KING SATTERWHITEPrivate First Class · September 24, 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.