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JESSIE FRANKLIN SANDERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 24, 1949 – May 15, 1970
Service recordJessie Franklin Sanders, of Hollytree, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1970, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 47
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- February 24, 1949
- Home of record
- Hollytree, Alabama (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Quảng Trị Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 47
- ARNOLD LEE ROBBINSSergeant First Class · May 15, 1970
- KENNETH EUGENE SMITHSpecialist Five · May 15, 1970
- ARLIE SPENCER JRSergeant · May 15, 1970
- JOHN RICHARD STINNSpecialist Four · May 15, 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.