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IGNACIO SANCHEZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 1, 1935 – November 18, 1968
Service recordIgnacio Sanchez, of Humarock, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 18, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 9 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 9
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 First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- February 1, 1935
- Home of record
- Humarock, Massachusetts (Plymouth County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 18, 1968
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date November 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 38W, Line 9
- ELIE EDWARD SWARTZLANDERStaff Sergeant · November 18, 1968
- DWIGHT JOSEPH TAYLORLance Corporal · November 18, 1968
- HERMAN W O WRIGHT JRLance Corporal · November 18, 1968
- CHARLES FREDERICK ABENECaptain · November 19, 1968
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.