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EMANUEL LAWRENCE SAUNDERS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1946 – June 2, 1969
Service recordEmanuel Lawrence Saunders, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 2, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 47
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1946
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 2, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date June 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 92 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 47
- DENNIS GLENN PRINCESergeant · June 2, 1969
- DANIEL LOUIS PUCCICorporal · June 2, 1969
- JIMMIE LYNN REEDStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1969
- MANUEL RODRIGUEZ JRPrivate First Class · June 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD LEE BRECHSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 42
- PAUL CHALMERS JANTOPrivate First Class · Panel 23W, Line 45
- JOSEPH GUY LAPOINTE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 23W, Line 45
- JIMMIE LYNN REEDStaff Sergeant · Panel 23W, Line 47
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 1965
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.