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JERRY WILLIE RAY SANKS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 29, 1944 – April 28, 1966
Service recordJerry Willie Ray Sanks, of Haines City, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7E, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7E · Line 6
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aircraft Maintenance Apprentice (67A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 18 AVN CO 14 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- November 29, 1944
- Home of record
- Haines City, Florida (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “18 AVN CO 14 AVN BN 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7E, Line 6
- STEPHEN CHARLES VALLIEREPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- DEANE S VANDYKE JRPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH VICTORYPrivate First Class · April 28, 1966
- MICHAEL HENRY BALLSpecialist Five · April 29, 1966
Same unit, same day
- JOHN JOSEPH VICTORYPrivate First Class · Panel 7E, Line 6
From Haines City
- GUY JOSEPH BRUNGARDTechnical Sergeant · March 29, 1967
- THOMAS EARL SPRINGFIELDLance Corporal · October 6, 1967
- WILLIAM TERRELL DAVISStaff Sergeant · August 28, 1968
- RAYMOND WILSON TEALStaff Sergeant · March 12, 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.