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CHARLES WILLIAM SANDERS
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 29, 1942 – March 18, 1967
Service recordCharles William Sanders, of Jacksonville, Illinois, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 18, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 107
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
- Second Lieutenant (2LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 29, 1942
- Home of record
- Jacksonville, Illinois (Morgan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 18, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date March 18, 1967; five of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 82 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 107
- HARRY WALTER BRANHAMSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- MAXIM CHARLES PARKERSecond Lieutenant · March 18, 1967
- MICHAEL FRANCIS SMITHSpecialist Four · March 18, 1967
- CHARLIE EARL THOMPSONSergeant · March 18, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WILLIAM JURGENSCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 105
- ROBERT EDWARD PAIGECorporal · Panel 16E, Line 106
- CHARLIE EARL THOMPSONSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 107
- ROBERT LOUIS WESTFALL JRCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 108
- THOMAS MICHAEL WHITMANCorporal · Panel 16E, Line 108
From Jacksonville
- RONALD LEE BLACKSergeant · September 11, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MCMAHANLieutenant Commander · February 14, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WATTSSergeant · February 26, 1968
- LARRY EUGENE WELCHSecond Lieutenant · March 14, 1968
- STEVEN RAY LOWEPrivate First Class · May 31, 1970
- ROBERT RAY LYNNMajor · December 21, 1972
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.