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TERRY LEE SANDERS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 16, 1951 – July 3, 1970
Service recordTerry Lee Sanders, of Wayne, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 3, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 16, 1951
- Home of record
- Wayne, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 3, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date July 3, 1970; four of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 116
- WILLIAM ALLEN JUSTICECaptain · July 3, 1970
- JAMES EDWARD OLINGER JRSergeant · July 3, 1970
- JOHN WILSON OWENSpecialist Four · July 3, 1970
- DONNIE HOWARD RUSSELLSergeant · July 3, 1970
Same unit, same day
- BOYD ADAM STEPHENS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 9W, Line 117
From Wayne
- STEVE ORRIS IIIPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD W VINCENTSpecialist Four · December 9, 1965
- BRUNO LEO MARTINPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- CALVIN CARL MORGANSpecialist Four · February 26, 1967
- RONALD WALTER SANDERSPrivate First Class · May 8, 1967
- PETER BODO LEHMANNLance Corporal · June 15, 1967
- EDWARD JAMES BOVACorporal · February 6, 1968
- ALFREDO GUZZOCorporal · June 29, 1968
- GLENN JESSE FORD IIIFirst Lieutenant · January 7, 1969
- FRANK LEPTRONESpecialist Four · January 29, 1969
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.