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JOHN DANIEL SANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 5, 1947 – August 24, 1966
Service recordJohn Daniel Sanderson, of Petal, Mississippi, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 24, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- February 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Petal, Mississippi (Forrest County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 24, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Ten names on the Wall carry the date August 24, 1966. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 32
- KENNETH PETER TIERNEYPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- CLIFTON MARTIN WALTERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1966
- DENNIS WELDON WELLMANNLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- CHARLES F AZARA JRLance Corporal · August 24, 1966
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LEE PERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 10E, Line 33
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.