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LOYD HOWARD SANDERS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
February 15, 1941 – July 21, 1970
Service recordLoyd Howard Sanders, of Oriental, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 21, 1970, in Phu Yen Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 40
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 15, 1941
- Home of record
- Oriental, North Carolina (Pamlico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 21, 1970
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Phu Yen
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date July 21, 1970; he was the only one lost in Phu Yen Province that day. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 8W, Line 40
- GARETH MACKENZIE SILVERPrivate First Class · July 21, 1970
- MARVIN LEROY WAGNERChief Warrant Officer 2 · July 21, 1970
- LANNY JOHN WALLACEFirst Lieutenant · July 21, 1970
- SCOTT FRANCIS WEMETTEFireman · July 21, 1970
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.