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JACK ALAN SANDERS JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
May 14, 1949 – April 11, 1968
Service recordJack Alan Sanders JR, of Tampa, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 11, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Machinegunner (0331)
- Born
- May 14, 1949
- Home of record
- Tampa, Florida (Hillsborough County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 11, 1968
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date April 11, 1968; seven of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 26
- JOHN ALBERT OSCELUSSergeant · April 11, 1968
- CLAUDE ROBERTSPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
- CHARLES CLAIR THOMPSONSpecialist Four · April 11, 1968
- KENNETH DAVID THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 11, 1968
From Tampa
- THOMAS ISAAC LEDBETTERCaptain · June 19, 1964
- HENRY JOSEPH GALLANTMaster Sergeant · July 13, 1965
- JOHN BELL JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- ERICH SIMKAITISSpecialist Five · September 9, 1965
- LAURENCE MICHAEL KINGCorporal · September 28, 1965
- MACK CECIL COXSergeant · November 17, 1965
- GUY HECTOR MCCAREYMajor · November 27, 1965
- RICHIE HUMES SCHMITTLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JOHNNIE GRANTSpecialist Four · February 7, 1966
- ISIAH FOSTERLance Corporal · March 23, 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.