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EVARISTO SANDOVAL
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 5, 1947 – September 12, 1967
Service recordEvaristo Sandoval, of Brownfield, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Brownfield, Texas (Terry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 12, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 57 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 63
- EFRAIN JULIO ROBLEDOSpecialist Four · September 12, 1967
- JERRY LEE ROGERSSpecialist Four · September 12, 1967
- THOMAS FRANK SHANKSCorporal · September 12, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH SULLIVANStaff Sergeant · September 12, 1967
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE EDGAR WATERSCorporal · Panel 26E, Line 64
From Brownfield
- WILLIE JOE BRAMLETSergeant · March 5, 1966
- RAUL GRIMALDO GUTIERREZPrivate First Class · January 7, 1968
- JULIUS R ELLIOTTStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1968
- FRED GRABIEL GUSMAN JRPrivate First Class · May 14, 1969
- JOHN CALVIN CLARK IIMajor · December 5, 1969
- CLIFTON CURTIS NEWCOMBPetty Officer First Class · February 5, 1971
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.