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JULIUS MITCHELL SANDERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
November 1, 1940 – August 25, 1966
Service recordJulius Mitchell Sanders, of Roswell, New Mexico, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 25, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 43
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 3 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 1, 1940
- Home of record
- Roswell, New Mexico (Chaves County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
55 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1966; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1966, 501 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 43
- FELIX PACHECOPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- MAXIE PATTERSONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- JOHN ALLAN RICHPrivate · August 25, 1966
- BENJAMIN C ROLLER JRSpecialist Four · August 25, 1966
From Roswell
- LAVON STEPHEN WILSONSpecialist Four · February 10, 1965
- CRESENCIO PAUL SANCHEZPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- GERALD SHIELDS SIMONSMajor · August 8, 1966
- JOHN RUDOLPH CUMMINS JRPrivate First Class · September 17, 1966
- LARRY PAUL CAMPOSSpecialist Four · December 3, 1966
- JOHN K ADAMSCaptain · March 26, 1967
- TRINE ROMERO JRPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- HECTOR MARIO SAENZPrivate First Class · June 22, 1967
- BENNIE LEE WESTCorporal · September 1, 1967
- WILLIAM COY JONESSpecialist Four · December 20, 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.