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JOHN SANEDA
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
March 28, 1946 – August 18, 1968
Service recordJohn Saneda, of Bryan, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 18, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- March 28, 1946
- Home of record
- Bryan, Ohio (Williams County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 18, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
76 names on the Wall carry the date August 18, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 47
- BRUCE WILLIAM POULSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- CHARLES RICHARD REFFPrivate First Class · August 18, 1968
- BILLY DUANE ROYPetty Officer Third Class · August 18, 1968
- KENNETH FRANCIS SCHWAGELAirman First Class · August 18, 1968
From Bryan
- BENNIE HOWARD STRAITPrivate First Class · April 1, 1967
- ALLEN DEWAYNE SMITHLance Corporal · September 25, 1967
- RONALD LEE FAVOURITECorporal · May 2, 1968
- EDWIN HUGH CORWINGunnery Sergeant · December 22, 1968
- THOMAS ELMER CLARKSpecialist Four · October 30, 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.