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ARNOLD SANFORD
Captain · U.S. Army
May 12, 1938 – April 23, 1969
Service recordArnold Sanford, of Orangeburg, South Carolina, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 23, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 36
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Air Observation Pilot (1981)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- May 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Orangeburg, South Carolina (Orangeburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 23, 1969
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 23, 1969; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 36
- DONALD EDWARD ROSSSergeant First Class · April 23, 1969
- JOHN RANDALL SPEARSergeant · April 23, 1969
- CHARLES DEVEAUX TANNEHILLSergeant · April 23, 1969
- JOHN WERNER TIDERENCELSpecialist Four · April 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER MARTIN AULD JRWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 26W, Line 29
- DONALD ORIN MCGRAWSpecialist Four · Panel 26W, Line 31
- TROY DAVID FAULKNERSpecialist Five · Panel 26W, Line 32
From Orangeburg
- ANDERSON HAROLD KEYPrivate First Class · January 13, 1966
- FREDDIE LEE ROBINSONSpecialist Four · May 16, 1967
- JAMES WALTER SANFORDPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- ROBERT PENDARVISSpecialist Four · June 29, 1967
- JOHN WILLIE LUCASSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- EDWARD LOUIS WILLIAMSONPrivate First Class · November 30, 1967
- THOMAS GRANTPlatoon Sergeant · December 8, 1967
- HUGH GREY WILLARDSergeant · December 23, 1967
- RICHARD WORRELL KAPP JRSecond Lieutenant · March 1, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE BACOTCorporal · March 24, 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.