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RICHARD WELLS SANDIFER
Petty Officer First Class · U.S. Navy
April 2, 1941 – November 3, 1967
Service recordRichard Wells Sandifer, of Melvindale, Michigan, served as a Petty Officer First Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on November 3, 1967, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 17
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer First Class (PO1)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Aviation Machinist's Mate (AD)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- April 2, 1941
- Home of record
- Melvindale, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 3, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date November 3, 1967. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 3 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 17
- JAMES EMIL PAVLICEK JRFirst Lieutenant · November 3, 1967
- DON POTTERSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- MICHAEL ROMANO JRSpecialist Four · November 3, 1967
- DAVID EUGENE THOMASWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1967
From Melvindale
- DANIEL KNARIANLance Corporal · May 20, 1966
- JIMMIE ANDREW HERRERACorporal · January 24, 1967
- CECIL DARRELL MCCANNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1967
- DOUGLAS ONEILL DAVISStaff Sergeant · February 22, 1968
- GARY BRUCE NICHOLSSpecialist Four · May 7, 1969
- JOHN ALBERT KIMZEYStaff Sergeant · March 30, 1970
- JACK THOMAS NEGUSSpecialist Four · May 19, 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.