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JACKIE WILLARD SANFORD
Major · U.S. Army
March 4, 1932 – June 16, 1965
Service recordJackie Willard Sanford, of East Rainelle, West Virginia, served as a Major in the U.S. Army. He died on June 16, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 11
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- March 4, 1932
- Home of record
- East Rainelle, West Virginia (Greenbrier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 16, 1965
- Age
- 33
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 16, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 11
- JOHN ROBERT SCHUMANNMajor · June 16, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- ANDREW DAYTON PARKER JRMajor · June 18, 1965
- HAROLD JAMES ROBERTS JRMaster Sergeant · June 18, 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.