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SYLVESTER STANLEY SAGAN
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1946 – November 12, 1967
Service recordSylvester Stanley Sagan, of Whitehall, Michigan, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 12, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 29E, Line 85 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29E · Line 85
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Communications Center Specialist (72B)
- Born
- June 20, 1946
- Home of record
- Whitehall, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 12, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date November 12, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 29E, Line 85
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- JAMES DAVID ROARKPetty Officer Second Class · November 12, 1967
- ELZIE SANDERS JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
- BILLY GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · November 12, 1967
From Whitehall
- PHILLIP NEIL TROUGHTONSpecialist Four · July 28, 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.