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JAMES KIETH SANDER
Petty Officer Third Class · U.S. Navy
January 4, 1946 – November 22, 1968
Service recordJames Kieth Sander, of Carlsbad, California, served as a Petty Officer Third Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 22, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 38 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 38
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Third Class (PO3)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Electronics Technician (Submarine) (ET)
- Born
- January 4, 1946
- Home of record
- Carlsbad, California (San Diego County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 22, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
40 names on the Wall carry the date November 22, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 38
- RAYMOND PAUL SANTORAPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- THOMAS EDWARD SHEPPARDPetty Officer First Class · November 22, 1968
- JAMES WALTER SINCEREPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
- PAUL ANDREW STEINPrivate First Class · November 22, 1968
From Carlsbad
- JAMES KENNETH BRIERLYFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1968
- JAMES ALLAN PETRIECaptain · June 26, 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.