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SANDRA HOSEY
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 9, 1947 – March 6, 1968
Service recordSandra Hosey, of Telferner, Texas, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 43E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43E · Line 22
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Telferner, Texas (Victoria County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
140 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 104 of its members that month.
He died in Thừa Thiên Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 43E, Line 22
- GLEN THOMAS HOBBSSergeant · March 6, 1968
- HOWARD ESLIE HOLLARPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- ROBERT JOHN HORVATHPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- GEORGE HOWARD HUDSONLance Corporal · March 6, 1968
Same unit, same day
- GEORGE WALTER SKAKELSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 34
- CHARLIE R STRICKLAND JRSergeant · Panel 43E, Line 35
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.