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JOHN WELDON SADLER
Captain · U.S. Army
November 29, 1937 – April 25, 1969
Service recordJohn Weldon Sadler, of New Lisbon, Wisconsin, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1969, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 50
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. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- November 29, 1937
- Home of record
- New Lisbon, Wisconsin (Juneau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1969
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
49 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1969; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 50
- GEORGE ROBINSONSergeant · April 25, 1969
- ELTON LLOYD SEARCYChief Warrant Officer 2 · April 25, 1969
- MARK M STEELEYSergeant · April 25, 1969
- WILLIAM D STEPPSergeant · April 25, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT LARRY KINGSergeant First Class · Panel 26W, Line 47
From New Lisbon
- DALE EDWARD ANDERSONSpecialist Four · February 21, 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.