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JAMES RUSSELL SANFORD JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 20, 1949 – April 6, 1968
Service recordJames Russell Sanford JR, of Xenia, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 48E, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48E · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 20, 1949
- Home of record
- Xenia, Ohio (Greene County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 6, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
79 names on the Wall carry the date April 6, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48E, Line 34
- LUIS GUILLERMO SCAMARONIPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- RUSSELL WILLIAM SCARBOROUGHPetty Officer Third Class · April 6, 1968
- JAMES EVERETT SILFEEPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
- ALFRED DOUGLAS SMITH JRPrivate First Class · April 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD M BARGARSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 22
- IVAN ROBERT FEBO-BETANCOURTSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 22
- LEE ANDREW BOWDENSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 23
- JOSE BRENES-ESCOBARPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 24
- MARK OWEN CHARETTESergeant · Panel 48E, Line 25
- ROBERT EDWARD COOKSpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 25
- PAUL PATRICK DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 25
- ALAN ROBERT HAUGENFirst Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 27
- FREDERICK EUGENE LOVESpecialist Four · Panel 48E, Line 29
- JOSEPH STANLEY NITKAStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 31
- BENITO BOBO RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 48E, Line 32
- DANIEL ALBERT ROCHAPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 33
- JAMES EVERETT SILFEEPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 34
- ALFRED DOUGLAS SMITH JRPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 34
- DANIEL RAY TWITTYPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 36
- DONALD LEE WALLStaff Sergeant · Panel 48E, Line 36
- LEE ARTHUR WATSONPrivate First Class · Panel 48E, Line 37
From Xenia
- DENNIS LEE KEYERPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1966
- JOSEPH C SAMPSON JRWarrant Officer 1 · July 27, 1966
- DAVID ALAN DYECorporal · May 12, 1967
- MICHAEL L MANGANPrivate First Class · June 26, 1967
- WILLIAM GRIGABY PHILLIPSSergeant · August 3, 1967
- TODD ARTHUR HANDYSpecialist Four · March 2, 1968
- EDWIN GRANT NEWELLSergeant · May 19, 1968
- WILLIAM DAVID GROOMSSpecialist Four · June 16, 1968
- ERNEST EUGENE RITCHChief Petty Officer · January 21, 1969
- DAVEY ALAN LIEURANCECorporal · September 15, 1969
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.