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HENRY CHARLES SANFORD JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 29, 1946 – June 12, 1968
Service recordHenry Charles Sanford JR, of Parma, Ohio, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 12, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57W, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57W · Line 3
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- August 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Parma, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date June 12, 1968; 14 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 57W, Line 3
- JAMES DONALD RAABPetty Officer Third Class · June 12, 1968
- DONALD LEE RANKINSCorporal · June 12, 1968
- WILLIAM MICHAEL ROWLANDCorporal · June 12, 1968
- ROBERT EARL SANDERSPrivate First Class · June 12, 1968
From Parma
- ROBERT LOUIS GUERINSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- MICHAEL THEODORE SUKARAPrivate First Class · June 11, 1966
- ALAN RALPH STEFFENStaff Sergeant · November 26, 1966
- TERRY LEE DAVISPetty Officer Third Class · February 24, 1967
- JOHN EARL SWEESYPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- TERENCE JOSEPH KILBANELance Corporal · July 6, 1967
- JAMES JOHN ZAVOCKYLieutenant (junior grade) · August 25, 1967
- RONALD BRIAN KERNERPrivate First Class · September 10, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- DONALD ALBERT BASALLALance Corporal · November 26, 1967
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.