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HECTOR LOUIS SANCHEZ
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 7, 1944 – November 27, 1967
Service recordHector Louis Sanchez, of East Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 27, 1967, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 99 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 99
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
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 7, 1944
- Home of record
- East Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 99
- JOSE RAMOS JRSpecialist Four · November 27, 1967
- JAMES SAMUELSSergeant · November 27, 1967
- BILLIE E SANDEFURFirst Lieutenant · November 27, 1967
- WILLIAM SCOTT SLOCUMPrivate First Class · November 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · Panel 30E, Line 95
- ALFONSO PAUL BARTALOTTIPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 95
- EDWARD COWART HUGHES IIISpecialist Four · Panel 30E, Line 97
- SAMUEL LEGLEUSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 98
- WILLIAM SCOTT SLOCUMPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 99
From East Cleveland
- CHRISTOPHER JOSEPH LANTZSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
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.