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MICHAEL JOSEPH SAUNDERS
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 13, 1948 – April 28, 1968
Service recordMichael Joseph Saunders, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52E, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52E · Line 43
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- December 13, 1948
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
63 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1968; 20 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 52E, Line 43
- AMEL DOUGLAS ROYALTYSpecialist Four · April 28, 1968
- ROBERT SAAVEDRACommander · April 28, 1968
- JAMES EDWARD SANDPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
- ROBERT PATRICK SHELLEMLance Corporal · April 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JERRY WAYNE BRYANStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 34
- JOHN BERNARD GINGERYStaff Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 37
- ROBERT ERIE HOLEYFIELDPlatoon Sergeant · Panel 52E, Line 38
- JOHN WAYNE LANKFORDCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 39
- JOHN THOMAS INTIHARPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 40
- STEVEN MICHAEL MCARTHURSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 40
- ROBERT LOUIS MCDUFFYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 41
- VALENTINE AMBROSE OCHSCorporal · Panel 52E, Line 41
- MILLARD LAMAR PALMERSpecialist Four · Panel 52E, Line 42
- RICHARD WARREN POWELL JRPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 42
- MELVIN PRYOR SRSergeant First Class · Panel 52E, Line 42
- RONNIE GLYNN SLAYPrivate First Class · Panel 52E, Line 44
From Clearwater
- ROBERT LOUIS SANDNERCaptain · June 7, 1966
- BARRY RONAL DELPHINCaptain · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND BURKECorporal · June 6, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH VANVLECKPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · March 14, 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.