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GEORGE THOMAS SAUNDERS JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 28, 1942 – October 31, 1965
Service recordGeorge Thomas Saunders JR, of Cedar Grove, West Virginia, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 10 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 10
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
- Military Police (95B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 28, 1942
- Home of record
- Cedar Grove, West Virginia (Kanawha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1965
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1965. In October 1965, 236 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 26 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 10
- CARRIER PIERREPrivate First Class · October 31, 1965
- TRENT RICHARD POWERSCaptain · October 31, 1965
- ALTON EUGENE BAKERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- WAYNE ASHLEY BALMERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
From Cedar Grove
- CARL BRADFORD GOODSONSpecialist Four · April 6, 1970
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.