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JAMES GARLAND SANDERS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
October 9, 1947 – October 25, 1968
Service recordJames Garland Sanders, of Farmington, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on October 25, 1968, in Dinh Tuong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 40W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 40W · Line 34
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- October 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Farmington, New Mexico (San Juan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 25, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Dinh Tuong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date October 25, 1968; two of them were lost in Định Tường Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 40W, Line 34
- PAUL MARTIN MOORESpecialist Four · October 25, 1968
- THOMAS FREDRICK RAY JRCorporal · October 25, 1968
- ALLAN EDWARD SCHWARTZCorporal · October 25, 1968
- BILLY EDWARD SCOTTPrivate First Class · October 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- NORMAN WILLIAM BARTELSCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 31
- JIMMY WAYNE HARDWICKCorporal · Panel 40W, Line 33
- NOEL HURLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 40W, Line 33
- BENJAMIN ARTHUR THOMPSON JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 40W, Line 35
From Farmington
- CURTIS H RANSDELLSergeant · July 7, 1966
- LEO KEITH THORNTONSergeant · August 27, 1966
- MICHAEL JOE KRUGSergeant · September 30, 1967
- BILLIE JAMESSpecialist Four · April 15, 1968
- RICHARD DWAYNE FAIRCLOTHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1968
- RICHARD LEE ALLENStaff Sergeant · February 7, 1969
- FILEMON SERRANOPrivate First Class · March 20, 1969
- DENNIS ALAN WILLIAMSPrivate · March 24, 1969
- HERBERT ARVISOSergeant · October 26, 1969
- RICHARD WAYNE MEHLHAFFPrivate · May 22, 1970
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.