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A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968.
A Navy corpsman treats a wounded Marine of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, in Huế, February 1968. Photo: Sgt. William F. Dickman, USMC, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Ernest Eugene Sanville.

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ERNEST EUGENE SANVILLE

Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy

November 14, 1943 – August 31, 1968

Service record

Ernest Eugene Sanville, of North Hinsdale, New Hampshire, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on August 31, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 45W · Line 16

Position of Panel 45W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Navy
Rank
Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Hospital Corpsman (HM)
Born
November 14, 1943
Home of record
North Hinsdale, New Hampshire (Cheshire County)

Casualty

Date of death
August 31, 1968
Age
24
Province
Quang Nam
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Explosive Device

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29 names on the Wall carry the date August 31, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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Also on Panel 45W, Line 16

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.