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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Jackie Lynn Sanders.

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JACKIE LYNN SANDERS

Private First Class · U.S. Army

October 4, 1945 – June 27, 1967

Service record

Jackie Lynn Sanders, of Orleans, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

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Panel 22E · Line 73

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Private First Class (PFC)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Unit (as recorded)
C CO 69 SIG BN 160 SIG GRP 1 SIG BDE
Born
October 4, 1945
Home of record
Orleans, Indiana (Orange County)

Casualty

Date of death
June 27, 1967
Age
21
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

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41 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

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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.