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EARNEST ROLLIN SAUNDERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
October 26, 1949 – June 1, 1968
Service recordEarnest Rollin Saunders, of Waterbury, Connecticut, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on June 1, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 7 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 7
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- October 26, 1949
- Home of record
- Waterbury, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 61W, Line 7
- GREGORY HENRY STALEVICZPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- ERNEST RAY TAYLORPrivate First Class · June 1, 1968
- RICHARD KENNETH TAYLORCorporal · June 1, 1968
- STEVEN DOUGLAS TOWNSLEYCorporal · June 1, 1968
From Waterbury
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OAKLEYPrivate First Class · May 28, 1965
- RICHARD MICHAEL FACONDINIPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOHN FRANCIS SAMPTPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- ANDRE ROLAND GUILLETSenior Master Sergeant · May 18, 1966
- JUNIOR WILKERSONPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- MICHAEL AARON KIGHTWarrant Officer 1 · May 19, 1967
- BROMLEY HOWARD GERMANFirst Lieutenant · January 6, 1968
- JOHN PATRICK CULLINANSecond Lieutenant · January 10, 1968
- GEORGE A LUBESKY JRSergeant · February 1, 1968
- RAY LEONARD FERRY IIILance Corporal · April 9, 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.