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PHILLIP JAMES SANDOVAL
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 14, 1951 – February 9, 1971
Service recordPhillip James Sandoval, of Santa Fe, New Mexico, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on February 9, 1971, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 92
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 14, 1951
- Home of record
- Santa Fe, New Mexico (Santa Fe County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 9, 1971
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date February 9, 1971; he was the only one lost in Thừa Thiên Province that day. In February 1971, 387 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 92
- FRED DALE PAKELEStaff Sergeant · February 9, 1971
- NORMAN JAMES PEARSONCorporal · February 9, 1971
- STEPHEN LEE WHISENANTCaptain · February 9, 1971
- BLAKE DOMINIC WHITNEYPrivate · February 9, 1971
Same unit, same day
- STEPHEN LEE WHISENANTCaptain · Panel 5W, Line 92
- JAMES FREW COLLINSChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 5W, Line 93
From Santa Fe
- FRANCIS XAVIER NAVACorporal · September 8, 1966
- JOHN FRANK RAY GRIEGOCorporal · January 14, 1967
- ROBERT STEVEN TRUJILLOStaff Sergeant · January 7, 1968
- MANUEL TIODORO SEGURAPrivate First Class · February 3, 1968
- GILBERT MORALESSergeant First Class · July 14, 1968
- WILLIE DANIEN MARTINEZCorporal · March 27, 1969
- RICHARD EDWARD GRIEGOSpecialist Four · March 29, 1969
- SANTIAGO V E QUINTANAPrivate First Class · May 23, 1969
- PEDRO ASCENCION DELORAPrivate First Class · August 7, 1969
- ENRIQUE VALDEZGunnery Sergeant · August 26, 1969
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.