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EDWARD LEON SANDERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 8, 1949 – August 29, 1968
Service recordEdward Leon Sanders, of Texarkana, Arkansas, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 29, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 1
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- January 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Texarkana, Arkansas (Miller County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 29, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
54 names on the Wall carry the date August 29, 1968; 27 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 1
- FLORENTINO RANGELSpecialist Four · August 29, 1968
- JAMES DANIEL RAYNORPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- RAYMOND PATRICK REILLYLance Corporal · August 29, 1968
- GERALD RAYMOND ROYCorporal · August 29, 1968
From Texarkana
- THOMAS ALFRED TURNAGESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- SHELTON LEE EAKINSecond Lieutenant · July 27, 1966
- JAMES DAVID GREENSpecialist Four · December 29, 1966
- EARNEST L HENDRIXSergeant · July 30, 1967
- NOEL WAYNE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · September 17, 1967
- EMMIT CHARLES DANSBYLance Corporal · May 12, 1968
- ARTHUR TRAVIS TURNERPrivate First Class · June 8, 1968
- BARRY WADE GRAFSergeant · March 21, 1969
- ODELL DANIEL BEASLEYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1969
- LARRY GAY POOLSpecialist Four · July 22, 1969
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.