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THOMAS FREDRICK SANDOVAL
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
July 18, 1932 – November 28, 1967
Service recordThomas Fredrick Sandoval, of Alhambra, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 28, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 35. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 1
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- July 18, 1932
- Home of record
- Alhambra, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 28, 1967
- Age
- 35
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 28, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 8 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 1
- DENNIS ROBERT SCHMIDTAirman · November 28, 1967
- ARTHUR SLOAN JRMaster Sergeant · November 28, 1967
- BENNIE ALLEN SMITHSpecialist Four · November 28, 1967
- MINORU TANAKAStaff Sergeant · November 28, 1967
From Alhambra
- LAWRENCE THOMAS HOLLANDMajor · June 12, 1965
- RONALD WILLIAM MCNEILLYPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL JOHN CAPUTOCorporal · March 18, 1969
- HERBERT CORNELIUS FROSTStaff Sergeant · June 21, 1969
- STEPHEN DOWDELLPrivate First Class · July 28, 1969
- MICHAEL PHILLIP VULLOSpecialist Four · July 11, 1970
- WILLIAM STANLEY DAVISFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- BRYAN JAMES SUTTONLieutenant Colonel · March 17, 1971
- FRED OBERDING JRSpecialist Four · October 29, 1972
- GEORGE WILLIAM MORRIS JRCaptain · January 27, 1973
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.