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CHARLES ANTHONY SANCHEZ
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 27, 1950 – June 13, 1971
Service recordCharles Anthony Sanchez, of Mora, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 13, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 74
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 27, 1950
- Home of record
- Mora, New Mexico (Mora County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 13, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date June 13, 1971; three of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 74
- RICHARD JOSEPH GRAYFirst Lieutenant · June 13, 1971
- JOSEPH D HAYESSpecialist Four · June 13, 1971
- JAMES DONALD JACKSONCorporal · June 13, 1971
- GARY LEE WESTPHALSergeant · June 13, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEVEN JOHN ELLISPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 73
- JAMES DONALD JACKSONCorporal · Panel 3W, Line 74
From Mora
- GERALD MONROE HUBBARDStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1966
- LEROY FRANK VALDEZSpecialist Four · May 11, 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.