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SANFORD GENE PACK
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 21, 1952 – March 25, 1970
Service recordSanford Gene Pack, of Keego Harbor, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on March 25, 1970, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 43
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medical Specialist (91B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 21, 1952
- Home of record
- Keego Harbor, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 25, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 25, 1970; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 43
- HARVEY LEON JAYPrivate First Class · March 25, 1970
- MICHAEL EUGENE JUSTUSFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- ROGER ALAN LAKINFirst Lieutenant · March 25, 1970
- THOMAS PADILLASpecialist Four · March 25, 1970
From Keego Harbor
- WILLIAM DAVID HANEYCorporal · August 23, 1967
- DOUGLAS EUGENE LONGSergeant · June 15, 1968
- STEPHEN MICHAEL TRAYNORSpecialist Four · February 4, 1971
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.