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JAMES EDWARD SAND
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 25, 1948 – April 28, 1968
Service recordJames Edward Sand, of Flushing, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 28, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- November 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Flushing, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 43
- AMEL DOUGLAS ROYALTYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ROBERT SAAVEDRACommander · April 28, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK SHELLEMLance Corporal · April 28, 1968
From Flushing
- WILLIAM CLAY WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · May 23, 1966
- DAVID CLEELANDLieutenant Colonel · July 25, 1966
- LAWRENCE ANTHONY BARCKLOWAirman Second Class · November 26, 1966
- HENRY MCDONALDLance Corporal · December 11, 1966
- ANDREW LEROY HAMILTONPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- BENJAMIN GEORGE MOLLICAPrivate First Class · May 26, 1967
- JERALD BRUCE WEAVERCorporal · August 15, 1967
- DAVID GEORGE DUNKENBERGERFirst Lieutenant · October 8, 1967
- GREGORY GOREPrivate First Class · December 20, 1967
- FRANCIS PATRICK COXLance Corporal · January 30, 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.