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RONALD LEE SANDMANN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 25, 1947 – December 10, 1967
Service recordRonald Lee Sandmann, of Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 10, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 77 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 77
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 25, 1947
- Home of record
- Sleepy Eye, Minnesota (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 10, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
46 names on the Wall carry the date December 10, 1967; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 77
- MICHAEL JORN SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- DREW DOUGLAS SHIPLEYSergeant · December 10, 1967
- MELVIN SMITHLance Corporal · December 10, 1967
- WALKER SMITH JRSpecialist Four · December 10, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 72
- ROBERT JOHN LARSONSpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 75
From Sleepy Eye
- GERALD LEE MILBRODTPrivate First Class · February 16, 1968
- GARY LESTER BARNESSpecialist Four · June 9, 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.