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HUGH THOMAS SANDSTROM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 14, 1945 – March 15, 1967
Service recordHugh Thomas Sandstrom, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 15, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 86
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 14, 1945
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 15, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date March 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16E, Line 86
- IVORY PERRY PARRISHStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1967
- RICHARD FRANK RITTERPrivate First Class · March 15, 1967
- HERMAN RAY ROBINSONLance Corporal · March 15, 1967
- RUPPERT LEON SARGENTFirst Lieutenant · March 15, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEVIE RAY GIBSONPrivate First Class · Panel 16E, Line 84
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.