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DANIEL FLORE SANDOVAL
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
April 21, 1945 – April 15, 1968
Service recordDaniel Flore Sandoval, of Compton, California, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on April 15, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 50E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50E · Line 10
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Personnel Specialist (71H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- April 21, 1945
- Home of record
- Compton, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1968; eight of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 50E, Line 10
- ARNOLD SYLVANUS WHITECorporal · April 15, 1968
- EDWARD CODY ADAMSPetty Officer Second Class · April 16, 1968
- JOSEPH HAROLD ALLENLance Corporal · April 16, 1968
- WILLIAM RESOR AMMONSecond Lieutenant · April 16, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES MICHAEL CORRYSpecialist Five · Panel 50E, Line 3
- DENNIS RAY THORPESergeant · Panel 50E, Line 9
From Compton
- BARRY JAMES SITLERLance Corporal · December 10, 1965
- JOSEPH RAY REYNOLDSLance Corporal · March 4, 1966
- IGNACIO HUICOCHEA-REYNASpecialist Four · March 15, 1966
- ALEXANDER D RODARTEPrivate First Class · March 19, 1966
- PHILLIPS LAMARRSpecialist Four · April 13, 1966
- MELVIN BARBERSergeant · August 19, 1966
- ALEXANDER VERA HERNANDEZPrivate First Class · September 7, 1966
- ROBERT EMMETT MURPHY JRPrivate First Class · December 21, 1966
- JAMES ANDERSON JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- RICHARD CHARLES GUPTONSpecialist Four · May 6, 1967
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.