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KENNETH EUGENE SANDERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 10, 1946 – November 3, 1966
Service recordKenneth Eugene Sanders, of Porum, Oklahoma, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 12
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- HHC 2 BN 34 ARM 1 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Porum, Oklahoma (Muskogee County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 12
- UPTON FINLEY ASHLEYStaff Sergeant · November 3, 1966
- EDGAR HUNTER BEASLEYCorporal · November 3, 1966
- WILLIAM CARPENTER JRPrivate First Class · November 3, 1966
- RANDOLPH DAVISSergeant · November 3, 1966
From Porum
- WESLEY RAYMOND MCKEEPetty Officer Third Class · May 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.