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GARY BERNERD SANFORD
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 5, 1948 – July 18, 1968
Service recordGary Bernerd Sanford, of Jackson, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 18, 1968, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 51W, Line 8 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51W · Line 8
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
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 5, 1948
- Home of record
- Jackson, Michigan (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 18, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date July 18, 1968; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 38 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51W, Line 8
- THOMAS MICHAEL ROYBAL JRPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- JOHN CHARLES SCOFIELDCorporal · July 18, 1968
- EARL FRANCIS SEABLOMPrivate First Class · July 18, 1968
- ALLEN CURTIS SHELINESergeant · July 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY KENNETH HUFFSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 2
- LAWRENCE ARNOLD DAVISSergeant · Panel 51W, Line 3
- ALVIN MACK LASTER JRSpecialist Four · Panel 51W, Line 6
From Jackson
- MICHAEL MILTON MEDLEYPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DANIEL JOSEPH PIOTROWSKILance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- ROY RUMSEY ROGERSPrivate First Class · July 1, 1966
- THOMAS LEE KEIRNSCorporal · July 29, 1967
- RALPH EDWARD BOWENWarrant Officer 1 · October 5, 1967
- RICHARD GUY SHERWOODSergeant · December 7, 1967
- WILLIAM EFREN GRENNAYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- DOUGLAS MONROE FRACKERLance Corporal · February 15, 1968
- GARLAND DUANE JACKSONSpecialist Four · May 13, 1968
- ERIC LOUIS WILLIAM STAUFFPrivate First Class · May 16, 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.