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RONALD LEE SANBOWER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 3, 1950 – April 14, 1971
Service recordRonald Lee Sanbower, of Smithsburg, Maryland, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 14, 1971, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 124 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 124
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Ah-1 Attack Helicopter Repairer (67Y)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- July 3, 1950
- Home of record
- Smithsburg, Maryland (Washington County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 14, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date April 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In April 1971, 292 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 124
- JAMES HOWARD MACDOUGALMaster Sergeant · April 14, 1971
- RODGER HYLER MITCHELLPrivate · April 14, 1971
- PAUL MICKLE NOLENSpecialist Five · April 14, 1971
- ABRAHAM POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 14, 1971
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.