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JOHNNY CRAWFORD SANDERS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 3, 1917 – December 25, 1963
Service recordJohnny Crawford Sanders, of Jackson, Mississippi, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 25, 1963, in South Vietnam, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 39
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- September 3, 1917
- Home of record
- Jackson, Mississippi (Hinds County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 25, 1963
- Age
- 46
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 25, 1963. In December 1963, 23 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 39
- BILLY JOHN COLEYFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- LYNN HARLEY ROTHENBUHLERSecond Lieutenant · December 28, 1963
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
From Jackson
- BYRON HUGH CROTWELLStaff Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- ANDREW L HENRYPrivate First Class · January 14, 1966
- JAMES ALBERT WOODCorporal · March 25, 1966
- JOHN DANIEL ROECKLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- RICHARD A WALTMANPrivate First Class · August 15, 1966
- WILLIAM DEWITT PERKINS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 27, 1966
- JAMES PETER NARD IIILance Corporal · September 18, 1966
- DONAIL MARTINPetty Officer Third Class · November 28, 1966
- TOMMIE LEE MOONEYPrivate First Class · December 11, 1966
- DAVID EARL MATTHEWSCorporal · April 19, 1967
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.