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JOHN LLOYD SAUNDERS
Lieutenant · U.S. Navy
September 21, 1940 – February 23, 1968
Service recordJohn Lloyd Saunders, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, served as a Lieutenant in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 23, 1968, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 3 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 3
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 (LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Medical Corps (2105)
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS TUTUILA ARG 4
- Born
- September 21, 1940
- Home of record
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1968; five of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USS TUTUILA ARG 4”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 3
- JOSE ANGEL SALDIVARPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- WILLIE FRAZER SHIPMANPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- DENNIS LEE SIEGELPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- RAYMOND RONALD SPROULStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WAYNE HILLPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 40E, Line 74
- HORRIS GENE ROBINSONChief Petty Officer · Panel 41E, Line 2
- ALLAN FRANCIS SULLIVANChief Petty Officer · Panel 41E, Line 4
From Philadelphia
- MEIR ENGELLieutenant Colonel · December 16, 1964
- MATTHEW N HARRIS JRMaster Sergeant · May 28, 1965
- ALLEN CONRAD HERTZFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1965
- MILO BENETT STIBBINSSpecialist Five · June 11, 1965
- JOSEPH PATRICK GRUGANCorporal · June 26, 1965
- ROWLAND JOSEPH ADAMOLICorporal · August 18, 1965
- FRANK AMOS HENISSPrivate First Class · September 7, 1965
- EARL CHARLES WILLOUGHBYChief Master Sergeant · September 7, 1965
- WILLIAM A MITCHELL IIPetty Officer Third Class · September 12, 1965
- WILLIAM GREGORY MAURONEPrivate First Class · September 30, 1965
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.