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SANFORD CLOSE JR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 17, 1949 – January 25, 1969
Service recordSanford Close JR, of Orlando, Florida, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 25, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 34W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 34W · Line 74
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 17, 1949
- Home of record
- Orlando, Florida (Orange County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 25, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date January 25, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 34W, Line 74
- JOE ROSCOE BOSWELLStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
- ANIBAL SYLVIA CABRAL JRPrivate First Class · January 25, 1969
- JAMES RANDALL COPELANDCorporal · January 25, 1969
- BRUCE EDWARD DEERINWATERStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1969
From Orlando
- FREDERICK PETER CROSBYLieutenant Commander · June 1, 1965
- RYLAND WHITNEY DRAWDYPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- MALCOLM EDWARD MILLICANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- DORRIS ALBERT IVEYSergeant First Class · January 13, 1966
- JOHN DONALD HETTERLY SRSergeant · January 25, 1966
- ROBERT CURTIS WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1966
- MARVIN FOY GOODMAN JRLance Corporal · March 20, 1966
- RONALD ALLEN SAPPSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- CARY CRADDOCKSergeant · May 4, 1966
- ROOSEVELT HESTLE JRColonel · July 6, 1966
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.