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PHILLIP DUANE SANDERS
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 25, 1948 – May 15, 1969
Service recordPhillip Duane Sanders, of Coweta, Oklahoma, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 15, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 20 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 20
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 198 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- December 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Coweta, Oklahoma (Wagoner County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 15, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
50 names on the Wall carry the date May 15, 1969; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 198th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 24W, Line 20
- RONALD CHARLES PHILLIPSLance Corporal · May 15, 1969
- JOSEPH MICHAEL PRICESpecialist Four · May 15, 1969
- RALPH ALBERT RAMIREZ JRPrivate First Class · May 15, 1969
- PAUL IRVING RODERIGUESSergeant · May 15, 1969
From Coweta
- BILLY KAY CARVERCorporal · April 8, 1967
- FRANK EDWIN FAUGHTSpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- DALLIS PERRYMANTechnical Sergeant · February 28, 1968
- GROVER WESLEY BOSTONCorporal · May 2, 1968
- DONALD PAUL SLOATSpecialist Four · January 17, 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.