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RICHARD H SANSBURY
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
August 30, 1947 – December 30, 1970
Service recordRichard H Sansbury, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 30, 1970, in South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 34 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 34
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- B CO 1 BN 7 CAV 1 CAV DIV
- Born
- August 30, 1947
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 30, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date December 30, 1970. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 34
- JAIME LABOYCorporal · January 8, 1971
- CECIL CHANCEY OLSENPrivate First Class · January 8, 1971
- JAMES ROBERT SHAWSpecialist Four · January 8, 1971
- JOHN EMANUEL STEWARTStaff Sergeant · January 8, 1971
- ROBERT LAMONT WALKER JRCorporal · January 8, 1971
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 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.