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RONALD LEE SANDLIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 14, 1947 – January 20, 1968
Service recordRonald Lee Sandlin, of Pontotoc, Mississippi, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on January 20, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 34E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34E · Line 92
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- November 14, 1947
- Home of record
- Pontotoc, Mississippi (Pontotoc County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 20, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
57 names on the Wall carry the date January 20, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 34E, Line 92
- STEVE SANDOR SAROSSYPrivate First Class · January 20, 1968
- ROBERT EUGENE SWALLEYSpecialist Four · January 20, 1968
- MICHAEL HOWARD THOMASSecond Lieutenant · January 20, 1968
- MURRAY WAYNE VANLONE SRStaff Sergeant · January 20, 1968
Same unit, same day
- PHILIP M CIRILLOSpecialist Four · Panel 34E, Line 84
From Pontotoc
- DANNY KEITH WITTCorporal · February 22, 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.