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STEVEN RAY SANDLIN
Corporal · U.S. Army
March 19, 1950 – April 28, 1970
Service recordSteven Ray Sandlin, of Chowchilla, California, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 28, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 62 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 62
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 19, 1950
- Home of record
- Chowchilla, California (Madera County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 28, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date April 28, 1970; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 108 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 62
- ROBERT DALE WALSHSergeant · April 27, 1970
- JOHN LAWRENCE WARDStaff Sergeant · April 27, 1970
- ROBERT EARL WILLIAMSCorporal · April 27, 1970
- MEREDITH GLENN ANDERSONMajor · April 28, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT EUGENE BACKMANCorporal · Panel 11W, Line 63
- FERNANDO RIOS-MALDONADOSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 65
- RAYMOND PETER SUSICorporal · Panel 11W, Line 65
- JOHN DANIEL VANDIVIERSergeant · Panel 11W, Line 65
From Chowchilla
- BOB GENE BRUMLEYSpecialist Four · February 18, 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.