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JUAN OSCAR SANCHEZ
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
March 8, 1941 – September 17, 1968
Service recordJuan Oscar Sanchez, of Harlingen, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 17, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 21 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · 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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- March 8, 1941
- Home of record
- Harlingen, Texas (Cameron County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 17, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date September 17, 1968; 17 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 21
- LARRY EUGENE RICHARDSONCorporal · September 17, 1968
- WILLIAM ALBERT RIDENOURSpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
- RONALD LEE RONDOCorporal · September 17, 1968
- ALBERT EUGENE ROSESpecialist Four · September 17, 1968
From Harlingen
- GEORGE GUTIERREZ JRSecond Lieutenant · September 1, 1965
- JOSE LUIS CABALLEROLance Corporal · December 9, 1965
- JULIAN GARZA CORDEROCorporal · April 27, 1966
- KENNETH EUGENE HELEMSStaff Sergeant · April 29, 1966
- WILBERTO CABRERA SANCHEZStaff Sergeant · July 21, 1966
- FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ MORENOPrivate First Class · September 22, 1966
- RODOLFO MARCIANO GONZALEZCorporal · November 14, 1966
- JOSE MARIA FLORESPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- MANUEL JESUS MOREIDAStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1967
- CHRISTOPHER A GROSSE JRStaff Sergeant · March 28, 1968
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.