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STEVEN ROY SANDERS
Major · U.S. Air Force
May 29, 1933 – August 25, 1969
Service recordSteven Roy Sanders, of Missoula, Montana, served as a Major in the U.S. Air Force. He died on August 25, 1969, in Laos, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 115 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 115
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Major (MAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 AF
- Born
- May 29, 1933
- Home of record
- Missoula, Montana (Missoula County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 25, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 25, 1969. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 19W, Line 115
- GERALD JOHN ROSSOWLance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- ROBERT ANTHONY RYANLance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- JOHN JOSEPH SCHMIDTLance Corporal · August 25, 1969
- DENNIS CLAUDE SHARPEPrivate First Class · August 25, 1969
From Missoula
- WILLIAM LOUIS CYRPrivate First Class · November 8, 1966
- JACOB FRANCIS STEPANCaptain · March 10, 1967
- MICHAEL WILLIAM HAVRANEKLance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- DONALD ALEXANDER LEHUTALance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- DOUGLAS LAWRENCE FRIEDSergeant · September 25, 1967
- ANTHONY BLAKE CADWELLPrivate · October 17, 1967
- GEORGE PERCY KENDALL JRGunnery Sergeant · February 4, 1968
- ALAN LEE BOYERSergeant First Class · March 28, 1968
- LIONEL RUSSELL CRASELance Corporal · April 7, 1968
- ROBERT HUGH CARROLLMajor · May 12, 1968
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.