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ARTHUR EDWIN SANDERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1942 – February 8, 1966
Service recordArthur Edwin Sanders, of Centralia, Missouri, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- January 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Centralia, Missouri (Boone County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 83 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 18
- JOHN JOSEPH SOLLEYLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- GERRALD AUNDRE STANSELLSergeant · February 8, 1966
- WENDELL RAY WHEATLance Corporal · February 8, 1966
- CHARLES RAY WILLIAMSSergeant · February 8, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JERRY MAURICE CAINPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 17
- JOHN WILLIAM OWENSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 17
From Centralia
- MAURICE HARRISON KINKEADCorporal · September 26, 1968
- TOMMY DEE WRIGHTPrivate First Class · May 20, 1969
- RODNEY LYNN GRIFFINSergeant · May 2, 1970
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.