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ROBERT RAY SANFORD
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 8, 1949 – July 20, 1969
Service recordRobert Ray Sanford, of Kent, Washington, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on July 20, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- August 8, 1949
- Home of record
- Kent, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 20, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date July 20, 1969; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 101 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 26
- JOHNNY KENDRICK PARKERCorporal · July 20, 1969
- LARRY REX REATHERFORDSpecialist Four · July 20, 1969
- DAVID PAUL RUSSELLCorporal · July 20, 1969
- DAVID ALEXANDER SEMERAROCorporal · July 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ROBERT COUCHSergeant First Class · Panel 20W, Line 24
- DENNIS EITELSergeant · Panel 20W, Line 24
- ALEX EZEQUIEL MARTINEZPrivate · Panel 20W, Line 25
- DAVID PAUL RUSSELLCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 26
- DAVID ALEXANDER SEMERAROCorporal · Panel 20W, Line 26
From Kent
- ALLEN FRANK SCRANTON JRPrivate First Class · June 5, 1966
- FREDRICK MARLTON BINDERCorporal · June 27, 1966
- JAMES RAYMOND AARDELance Corporal · December 29, 1966
- GEORGE MICHAEL TAYLORSpecialist Four · May 20, 1967
- CLIFFORD OTIS WARECorporal · January 14, 1968
- DAVID JOEL SCHULTZPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- PATRICK LEE DEWATERLance Corporal · September 8, 1968
- GREGORY JEROME NICCOLILance Corporal · February 4, 1969
- GEORGE MICHAEL BINNSSpecialist Four · March 3, 1969
- EDWARD ROWE SMILEY JRSpecialist Four · December 4, 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.