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HOLLIS COLEMAN SANFORD JR
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 17, 1950 – August 4, 1970
Service recordHollis Coleman Sanford JR, of Clarksdale, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on August 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 83 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 83
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Clarksdale, Mississippi (Coahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 4, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date August 4, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 41 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 83
- RONALD PATRICK MCNEILLSergeant · August 4, 1970
- JESSE LEE MOSESSpecialist Four · August 4, 1970
- JOHN RAYMOND POELieutenant Commander · August 4, 1970
- OVELL SPRUILLPrivate · August 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ALLEN JOHNSONSergeant · Panel 8W, Line 82
- OVELL SPRUILLPrivate · Panel 8W, Line 83
From Clarksdale
- HENRY CLAY CAUTHEN SRChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 31, 1967
- LUZON BEASLEYCorporal · March 30, 1968
- LESTER ERBYLance Corporal · May 26, 1968
- ROBERT LEE WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · July 19, 1968
- CHARLES BROWNSpecialist Four · February 28, 1969
- VAN SYLVESTER TURNER JRCorporal · January 19, 1970
- CHARLES EARL MELTONPrivate · February 15, 1970
- HARVEY TURNER ROSS JRFirst Lieutenant · June 11, 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.