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KEITH FRANK SAUNDERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 7, 1950 – November 2, 1969
Service recordKeith Frank Saunders, of Lovelock, Nevada, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1969, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 20
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 7, 1950
- Home of record
- Lovelock, Nevada (Pershing County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Sa Dec Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 52 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 20
- DAVID LEE MASONStaff Sergeant · November 2, 1969
- ROBERT EMIL SCHROEDER JRCorporal · November 2, 1969
- JAMES FREDERICK SPENCERFirst Lieutenant · November 2, 1969
- JON WILLIAM STOKKERMANWarrant Officer 1 · November 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WILLIAM GREGAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 18
- DONALD GENE VOLLMERSpecialist Five · Panel 16W, Line 18
- DAVID LEE MASONStaff Sergeant · Panel 16W, Line 20
- JON WILLIAM STOKKERMANWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 16W, Line 20
- JOHNNY WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · Panel 16W, Line 21
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.