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CESAR ERNESTO SANCHEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 26, 1938 – February 26, 1967
Service recordCesar Ernesto Sanchez, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 26, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 100
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
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 26, 1938
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 26, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date February 26, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 100
- CLARENCE HOWARD RICKARDSSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- GERD FRANZ SEELIGSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- WAYNE KEITH SIPPEYPrivate First Class · February 26, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE SMITHLance Corporal · February 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- FELICISIMO ARELIANO HUGOSergeant First Class · Panel 15E, Line 96
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.