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JOSE RAMON SANDOVAL
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 23, 1950 – January 11, 1971
Service recordJose Ramon Sandoval, of Ft Lupton, Colorado, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 11, 1971, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 41 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 41
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Ft Lupton, Colorado (Weld County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 11, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date January 11, 1971; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 41
- RICHARD LEONARD RUSHLOWSergeant · January 11, 1971
- WILLIAM ELLIS STRACNERLance Corporal · January 11, 1971
- FRANCIS JOSEPH THORPEGunnery Sergeant · January 11, 1971
- REX ALAN VOGELPOHLSpecialist Four · January 11, 1971
From Ft Lupton
- JOHNNY STEVE BOSSERLance Corporal · August 28, 1969
- MARGARITO RODRIQUEZ GOMEZSpecialist Four · July 23, 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.