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ELZIE SANDERS JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 14, 1947 – November 12, 1967
Service recordElzie Sanders JR, of Smiths Grove, Kentucky, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1967, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 85
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Smiths Grove, Kentucky (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 85
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- JAMES DAVID ROARKPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1967
- SYLVESTER STANLEY SAGANSergeant · November 12, 1967
- BILLY GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JACOB ORTIZStaff Sergeant · Panel 29E, Line 80
- GREGG MICHAEL GOSLINSpecialist Four · Panel 29E, Line 82
- CHARLES A SPRINGERCaptain · Panel 29E, Line 86
From Smiths Grove
- ERNEST WAYNE RUTHERFORDPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
- JAMES DWIGHT ANDERSONPrivate First Class · August 15, 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.