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ALAN PAUL SANDOVAL
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
December 4, 1948 – July 25, 1969
Service recordAlan Paul Sandoval, of Lomita, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 45 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 45
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Lomita, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 25, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 25, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 45
- WESLEY ERWIN MUELLERSpecialist Four · July 25, 1969
- ARTHUR THOMAS PFEFERCaptain · July 25, 1969
- VINCENT F SABATINELLICaptain · July 25, 1969
- MICHAEL LEONARD STPIERREPrivate First Class · July 25, 1969
From Lomita
- DENNIS RAY CARTERStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1966
- RICHARD WARREN HASTINGSLieutenant · April 16, 1966
- GLEN ALAN MUSGUIRELance Corporal · November 14, 1966
- RICHARD ANTHONY BAGLIOPrivate First Class · March 7, 1967
- JOHN ROY TIGHEPrivate First Class · May 17, 1967
- SAMUEL RAY DURHAMSpecialist Four · June 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS CARROLLPrivate First Class · October 11, 1967
- JOHN GEOFFREY TURKLance Corporal · January 4, 1968
- RAYMOND DENNIS MCGLOTHINPrivate First Class · January 5, 1968
- ALAN RUSSELL GUYMONSergeant · April 5, 1968
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.