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ANIBAL DEJESUS-SANCHEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 21, 1945 – March 14, 1967
Service recordAnibal Dejesus-Sanchez, of Guayama, Puerto Rico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 14, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 77
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Guayama, Puerto Rico (Guayama County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 14, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date March 14, 1967; 16 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 145 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 77
- RONALD WAYNE BASSCorporal · March 14, 1967
- JAMES RUSSELL CRONINPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- JAMES BARTON CUMMINGS JRSergeant · March 14, 1967
- CARL MARCUS EUBANKSMaster Sergeant · March 14, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LESLIE PAUL BERNSTEINSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 75
- MARSHALL EDWARD CLEMENTSSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 76
- JAMES ALLEN CRANPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 76
- JAMES BARTON CUMMINGS JRSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 77
- FRED NEWTON HANSHEW JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 78
- MATTHEW HIGGINSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 78
- ROBERT WILSON HILLSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 78
- EDWIN NEWLIN HOLLOWAY IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 79
- ROGER SCOTT KOHUTPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 80
- WILLIAM KUHNEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 80
- MELVIN LIPSCOMBSpecialist Four · Panel 16E, Line 80
- LARRY RICHARD LUMPKINSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 80
- WILLIAM CALVIN PEARCE IVPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 81
- CLARENCE EDWARD ROLLENPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 82
- CHARLES PATRICK TERHUNEPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 82
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 82
- DAVID ELMER WELCHStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 82
- STEVEN RICHARD WITHERSPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 83
From Guayama
- ISMAEL LEBRON-LOPEZSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- JULIO MASSO-PEREZPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- LUIS MANUEL MARQUEZ-LOPEZSergeant First Class · December 13, 1967
- JOSE RAMON DIANA-DIAZPrivate First Class · May 14, 1968
- RAFAEL CRUZ-CRUZCorporal · February 11, 1969
- JOSE R TORRES-RODRIGUEZPrivate First Class · May 1, 1969
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.