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RODNEY RAYFORD SANDERS
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 10, 1949 – May 31, 1970
Service recordRodney Rayford Sanders, of Phenix City, Alabama, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 31, 1970, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 127 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 127
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 10, 1949
- Home of record
- Phenix City, Alabama (Russell County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 31, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date May 31, 1970; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 25 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 127
- BRUCE RICHARDSONSpecialist Five · May 31, 1970
- HAROLD JOSEPH SHEALieutenant Colonel · May 31, 1970
- DOUGLAS EDWARD SIMPSONSergeant · May 31, 1970
- RONALD RUSSELL TANNERSpecialist Four · May 31, 1970
From Phenix City
- UDON PARKERSpecialist Four · March 13, 1966
- LEO CHESTER DIXONPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- EDDIE DONALD PEOPLESPrivate First Class · November 15, 1966
- ROBBIE RAY MILLSSpecialist Five · February 15, 1967
- DAVID TOMIE BELLSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- CHARLIE BERNARD INGRAM JRSpecialist Four · March 4, 1967
- LARRY RAY MCDUFFIEPrivate First Class · October 22, 1967
- JOHN HENRY JONES JRPrivate First Class · January 30, 1968
- JOE LOUIS JONESSergeant · February 18, 1968
- WILLIAM OLIVER TURNERCorporal · February 28, 1968
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.