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THEODORE FRANCIS SAS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
February 7, 1946 – February 15, 1970
Service recordTheodore Francis Sas, of Springfield, Massachusetts, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1970, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 16 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 16
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Springfield, Massachusetts (Hampden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1970
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In February 1970, 569 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13W, Line 16
- CONNIE WAYNE PARRISHSpecialist Four · February 15, 1970
- ROMAN DURAN RODRIGUEZLance Corporal · February 15, 1970
- RICHARD JARRETT SEXTON IICaptain · February 15, 1970
- SPENCER SMITHPrivate First Class · February 15, 1970
From Springfield
- WAYNE CARL SIMMONSSpecialist Five · April 1, 1965
- JAMES STEPHEN COCCHIARAPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- WILLIAM HADLEY SCHOLESSergeant · April 21, 1966
- RALPH GABRIEL ERDELYLance Corporal · May 12, 1966
- ROBERT NAZAIRE TETREAULTStaff Sergeant · July 9, 1966
- DONALD CONSTANDEGunnery Sergeant · August 12, 1966
- NORMAN CARL FARRISSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- RALPH EARLE HINESCaptain · February 19, 1967
- WALTER JOSEPH FITZPATRICKSergeant First Class · March 3, 1967
- GUS STOVALL JRPrivate · March 9, 1967
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.