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JOSEPH SEBASTIAN SANCHEZ
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
January 20, 1936 – June 6, 1970
Service recordJoseph Sebastian Sanchez, of Von Ormy, Texas, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 6, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 21
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 20, 1936
- Home of record
- Von Ormy, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 6, 1970
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 6, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 21
- ALBERT ROMERO CORTEZLance Corporal · June 6, 1970
- JERRY LEWIS MARTINFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 1970
- ANDRES ORTIZ-LEBRONCorporal · June 6, 1970
- RONALD EUGENE PACEPrivate First Class · June 6, 1970
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL JOHN BLANSCETCaptain · Panel 9W, Line 18
- BILLY JOE DEMARCOSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 19
- GERALD LEONARD KALISSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 20
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.