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LARRY GORDON SANDNES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 7, 1948 – December 8, 1968
Service recordLarry Gordon Sandnes, of New Cumberland, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 8, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 69
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 7, 1948
- Home of record
- New Cumberland, Pennsylvania (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 8, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date December 8, 1968; 29 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 69
- EARNEST LANE REYNOLDSLance Corporal · December 8, 1968
- FELIX DENNIS RIDGEPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- JACK DOHN SCHAFFNERPrivate First Class · December 8, 1968
- CHARLES LENET SMITHSpecialist Four · December 8, 1968
From New Cumberland
- MYRON MCCLELLAND PFOUTZWarrant Officer 1 · May 28, 1965
- JAMES RALPH SNYDERSergeant · June 27, 1967
- RALPH DAVID HALE IIPetty Officer Third Class · December 9, 1967
- JOHN STEPHEN CHRINWarrant Officer 1 · October 13, 1971
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.