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OSCAR ENRIQUE SANABIA
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 4, 1948 – December 14, 1968
Service recordOscar Enrique Sanabia, of New York, New York, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 14, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 24 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 24
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 4, 1948
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- 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 December 14, 1968; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 24
- JOSEPH HENRY HANKS IIILance Corporal · December 14, 1968
- ABRAHAM TRUJILLO-TRUJILLOSpecialist Four · December 14, 1968
- GARY ALLEN WARNERPrivate First Class · December 14, 1968
- RAYMOND DOUGLAS WEISSStaff Sergeant · December 14, 1968
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.