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JOEL ALEXIS SANDBERG
Lieutenant (junior grade) · U.S. Navy
August 8, 1945 – December 20, 1969
Service recordJoel Alexis Sandberg, of Meriden, Connecticut, served as a Lieutenant (junior grade) in the U.S. Navy. He died on December 20, 1969, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 74
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
- Lieutenant (junior grade) (LTJG)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1315)
- Born
- August 8, 1945
- Home of record
- Meriden, Connecticut (New Haven County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 20, 1969
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 74
- J C THEODORE MILLERStaff Sergeant · December 20, 1969
- GLENN COLIN SHUEYCorporal · December 20, 1969
- DAVID LEE SMITHLance Corporal · December 20, 1969
- CRAIG DENNIS SMITHSONPrivate First Class · December 20, 1969
From Meriden
- MICHAEL LOUIS CHMURACorporal · October 17, 1965
- PATRICK WILLMER KINGSpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- GERALD LEVYSpecialist Five · January 2, 1966
- EARL JOHN BAUCHMANNMaster Sergeant · September 19, 1966
- RICHARD DAVID HENSLEYLance Corporal · October 11, 1966
- JOHN REGINALD SHONECKSenior Master Sergeant · October 18, 1966
- WAYNE ROBERT MCKENZIELance Corporal · May 26, 1967
- WALTER RAYMOND MCDONALDPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- EDWARD JOSEPH JUREK IISpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- ROBERT GARRY MARXCorporal · May 27, 1968
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.