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JON HUBBARD SANDERS
Technical Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
November 25, 1939 – April 15, 1972
Service recordJon Hubbard Sanders, of Naples, Florida, served as a Technical Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 15, 1972, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 137 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 137
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Technical Sergeant (TSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- November 25, 1939
- Home of record
- Naples, Florida (Collier County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 15, 1972
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date April 15, 1972; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In April 1972, 106 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 137
- DAVID HIRAM STAMPERSpecialist Four · April 14, 1972
- ROY EUGENE THOMPSONPrivate First Class · April 14, 1972
- GEORGE WILLIAM MAINARDYSergeant · April 15, 1972
- DALLAS LEE NIHSENSpecialist Five · April 15, 1972
From Naples
- DALE VINCENT BREMERMAN JRPrivate First Class · March 1, 1967
- GEORGE DENNIS JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 16, 1967
- ROBERT HUGH STEELECorporal · August 28, 1967
- JOHN LUMSDEN BARNESSpecialist Five · January 19, 1968
- WILLIAM NEIL FLINTStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1968
- CHARLIE C ANTHONYPrivate First Class · May 12, 1969
- FREDERICK RICHARD LEVINSSergeant · June 16, 1970
- LARRY GENE BATCHERPrivate First Class · October 12, 1970
- WILLIAM EDWARD DILLENDERSergeant · March 20, 1971
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.