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THOMAS ANDREW SANDERS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Air Force
February 10, 1939 – July 7, 1965
Service recordThomas Andrew Sanders, of Massapequa, New York, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 7, 1965, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 30
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. Air Force
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 10, 1939
- Home of record
- Massapequa, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 7, 1965
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date July 7, 1965; he was the only one lost in Khanh Hoa Province that day. In July 1965, 103 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 30
- DON IRA WILLIAMSONColonel · October 24, 1964
- JOHNIE EDWARD RICE JRPrivate First Class · July 7, 1965
- JOHN DILLINGER SHAWPrivate · July 7, 1965
- RONALD LLOYD ZINNCaptain · July 7, 1965
From Massapequa
- ALBERT F KLESTINEC JRCorporal · July 10, 1966
- THOMAS ALAN GRAYSpecialist Four · February 18, 1967
- STEVEN LAWRENCE MILLETTPrivate First Class · June 7, 1967
- ROBERT JOSEPH KUBINCIAKPrivate First Class · July 7, 1967
- JOSEPH CHARLES LUPOSpecialist Five · August 26, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN FERRARALance Corporal · March 6, 1968
- ROLAND LOUIE FLORIOChief Warrant Officer 2 · August 15, 1968
- ALAN ROBERT GIANNELLISergeant · September 14, 1968
- BRIAN EDWARD SWANESpecialist Four · May 6, 1969
- KARL ANDREW SCHOFERSpecialist Four · June 9, 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.