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DONALD RAYMOND SANDVE
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 11, 1932 – January 9, 1966
Service recordDonald Raymond Sandve, of Langford, South Dakota, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 9, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 60 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 60
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 11, 1932
- Home of record
- Langford, South Dakota (Marshall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1966
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1966. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 58 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 60
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
- JAMES PHILLIP SCHIMBERGSpecialist Four · January 9, 1966
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · January 9, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JAMES RAY GRIFFEYPrivate · Panel 4E, Line 59
- RICHARD LEE HOLLINGSWORTHSergeant · Panel 4E, Line 59
- MICHAEL PETER MORANPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 60
- DANIEL L SHERMANPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 60
- RICHARD EUGENE TUCKERPrivate First Class · Panel 4E, Line 61
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.