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EDDIE BERNARD SANDS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 17, 1935 – May 7, 1968
Service recordEddie Bernard Sands, of Fayetteville, North Carolina, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 30
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- January 17, 1935
- Home of record
- Fayetteville, North Carolina (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 151 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 56E, Line 30
- WAYNE PAUL PUMASergeant · May 7, 1968
- PHILIP HENRY RADECKIAirman First Class · May 7, 1968
- WILLIAM RANDOLPH JRSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- DUANE FRANCIS REDTKEPetty Officer Third Class · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GARY LEROY BRADEESergeant · Panel 56E, Line 20
- JERRY WAYNE CLARKPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 21
- ROBERT JAMES DEIKEPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 22
- MACK SIMPSON JEFFRIESSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 25
- BILLY EUGENE MYERSSergeant · Panel 56E, Line 27
- ANTHONY JOHN NEMETHPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 28
- GEORGE M VICTORSergeant First Class · Panel 56E, Line 33
- DONALD WINSLOW WILLIAMSCorporal · Panel 56E, Line 33
From Fayetteville
- DEMPSEY H WILLIAMS IIIFirst Lieutenant · March 9, 1965
- CHARLIE GRAY LEWISSergeant First Class · May 17, 1967
- WILLIAM HORNERStaff Sergeant · July 10, 1965
- THOMAS CARL BRONSONPrivate First Class · August 31, 1965
- ERNEST HAYWARDMaster Sergeant · October 25, 1965
- WILLIAM ANDERSON SULLIVANSergeant · November 6, 1965
- DAVID JOSEPH UNDERHILLSeaman Apprentice · April 15, 1966
- JACK RAY PRICEPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALTON BERNARD MUNNPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RALPH JOSEPH RENOMaster Sergeant · July 3, 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.