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FRANK BART SANDERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1950 – September 21, 1970
Service recordFrank Bart Sanders, of Whittier, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 21, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 82
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Materiel Storage And Handling Specialist (76V)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Whittier, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 21, 1970; two of them were lost in Phu Yen Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 82
- LAYNE JOSEPH ROMAGOSAFirst Lieutenant · September 21, 1970
- STEPHEN THOMAS SMITHSpecialist Five · September 21, 1970
- KENNA CLYDE TAYLORPetty Officer First Class · September 21, 1970
- LEO ALBERT BEACH JRSergeant · September 22, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DAVID LEE HICKSSpecialist Four · Panel 7W, Line 81
From Whittier
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MCROBERTSSergeant · February 7, 1966
- DAVID MICHAEL OLANDSpecialist Four · June 8, 1966
- RICHARD MIGUEL HARTNELLPrivate First Class · July 31, 1966
- DANNY RAY RUNDLEPrivate First Class · September 18, 1966
- WAYNE NORMAN CARDCorporal · February 16, 1967
- HUGO ARTHUR BOCANEGRAPrivate First Class · July 31, 1967
- ROBERT CHARLES MELENDREZSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN THIRKETTLEPetty Officer Third Class · November 26, 1967
- DANIEL ALEXANDER VERDUGOLance Corporal · December 21, 1967
- ROBERT BLAIR ENGLAND IIPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
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.