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JOHNNIE D SANDERSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 12, 1944 – September 27, 1967
Service recordJohnnie D Sanderson, of Burlington, Wisconsin, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Burlington, Wisconsin (Racine County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; five of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 22
- EDWARD ANTHONY CARRUTHERSLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- STEVEN BLAINE RICCIONECorporal · September 27, 1967
- HUELYN BERNARD STOKERLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
- ROBERT TAYLORLance Corporal · September 27, 1967
From Burlington
- DELL CONLEY GEISEHospitalman · January 26, 1967
- TIMOTHY JOEL KENNEDYSpecialist Four · December 26, 1967
- DAVID ARTHUR CRAMERPrivate First Class · February 22, 1968
- ROBERT HENRY HERINGCaptain · August 19, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM DELAATLance Corporal · June 11, 1970
- THOMAS JOHN ROBERTSCorporal · August 22, 1970
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.