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RONALD WALTER SANDERS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
February 7, 1949 – May 8, 1967
Service recordRonald Walter Sanders, of Wayne, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 65
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Wayne, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1967; 45 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 65
- JOSE ANTONIO ROSASStaff Sergeant · May 8, 1967
- DAVID LOU ROWELLPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS VALENTINE RUFF JRPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- GERARD JOSEPH SCHNEIDERPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
From Wayne
- STEVE ORRIS IIIPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD W VINCENTSpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
- BRUNO LEO MARTINPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- CALVIN CARL MORGANSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- PETER BODO LEHMANNLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES BOVACorporal · February 6, 1968
- ALFREDO GUZZOCorporal · June 29, 1968
- GLENN JESSE FORD IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- FRANK LEPTRONESpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
- GERARD PAUL PORTAStaff Sergeant · April 8, 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.