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DONALD ROBERT SANDERS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 21, 1946 – May 10, 1969
Service recordDonald Robert Sanders JR, of Dayton, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 10, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 25W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25W · Line 43
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1946
- Home of record
- Dayton, Ohio (Montgomery County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 10, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
61 names on the Wall carry the date May 10, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 25W, Line 43
- ARTURO SYLVESTER SISNEROSCorporal · May 10, 1969
- CHARLES PORTER SMITH JRCorporal · May 10, 1969
- RONNY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 10, 1969
- ALLAN EMILE STAHLSTROMWarrant Officer 1 · May 10, 1969
From Dayton
- CHARLES ROBERT SMITHLance Corporal · May 23, 1965
- JOE CALVIN PAULLance Corporal · August 19, 1965
- RICHARD DENNIS SHARPLance Corporal · October 30, 1965
- RICHARD GALE WICKLance Corporal · November 22, 1965
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- HARRY DONALD HASKINSPrivate First Class · April 29, 1966
- TIMOTHY RAYPrivate First Class · May 8, 1966
- ROGER MICHAEL MATHEWSONSergeant · May 11, 1966
- MICHAEL ROBERT POPPAWPrivate First Class · May 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS HUGH KNOTTPrivate First Class · July 19, 1966
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.