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JIMMY DOYLE SANDERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 26, 1950 – January 3, 1970
Service recordJimmy Doyle Sanders, of Del City, Oklahoma, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- February 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Del City, Oklahoma (Oklahoma County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 123
- CHARLES ROBERT OLSONLance Corporal · January 3, 1970
- GENE JOHN OLSONWarrant Officer 1 · January 3, 1970
- KENNETH EDWARD PERRYCorporal · January 3, 1970
- MATTHEW PETER ROCHE JRSecond Lieutenant · January 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CYE GARYSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 122
- GENE JOHN OLSONWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 15W, Line 123
From Del City
- JIMMY MERYL MULLINSLance Corporal · April 21, 1967
- VERNON JOE JOHNSONSpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- RONALD WADE PATTONCorporal · November 23, 1967
- GERALD LOYD PARSONSPrivate First Class · May 1, 1968
- RICKY LEE SHACKELFORDSpecialist Four · June 9, 1968
- KENNETH W SKINNER IIIPrivate First Class · June 16, 1968
- HAROLD LESLIE JONESLance Corporal · May 8, 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.