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RICHARD LEE SANDERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 23, 1945 – November 24, 1967
Service recordRichard Lee Sanders, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 81
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1945
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1967; six of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 81
- HECTOR LOPEZ RUIZSpecialist Four · November 24, 1967
- ROBERT LOUIS SASPrivate First Class · November 24, 1967
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · November 24, 1967
- JOSEPH LOUIS JOHN SIMONPetty Officer First Class · November 24, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THEODORE ALOYIS DOUGHERTYSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 76
- ANDREW J MILLERSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 79
- JAMES ELTON ONEALSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 80
- MATTHEW F SHARPNACKSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 81
- WILLIAM CARY SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 82
- RAMON HERNANDEZ TORRESSergeant · Panel 30E, Line 82
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 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.