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MARVIN HOWARD SANDERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 11, 1949 – December 2, 1969
Service recordMarvin Howard Sanders, of Fortuna, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on December 2, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 20
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- March 11, 1949
- Home of record
- Fortuna, Missouri (Moniteau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 2, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 20
- ROBERT STEPHEN RAINESStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
- MICHAEL HENRY SHANLEY JRSergeant First Class · December 2, 1969
- JONATHAN TOWNSENDStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
- DENNIS LEE VANCEStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- TRINO BALTAZAR BENAVIDEZCorporal · Panel 15W, Line 15
- DENNIS LEE VANCEStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 20
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.