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KENNETH EARL SANDS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
February 20, 1947 – March 30, 1968
Service recordKenneth Earl Sands, of West Lawn, Pennsylvania, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 30, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 47E, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 47E · Line 16
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 20, 1947
- Home of record
- West Lawn, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 30, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
58 names on the Wall carry the date March 30, 1968; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 47E, Line 16
- RONALD REYESPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- MICHAEL MONROE REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- JOSE RUIZ JRPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- ALBERT RUSSELL SANFORDCorporal · March 30, 1968
From West Lawn
- KENNETH WILLIAM WICKELCorporal · May 29, 1966
- DAVID ALLEN WENGERPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.