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THOMAS JOSEPH SANCHEZ
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 23, 1934 – March 6, 1967
Service recordThomas Joseph Sanchez, of Pasadena, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 6, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 16E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16E · Line 31
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- SPECIAL FORCES
- Born
- October 23, 1934
- Home of record
- Pasadena, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 6, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date March 6, 1967; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Special Forces, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 16E, Line 31
- CLYDE LEE KEITHPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL SANDSPrivate First Class · March 6, 1967
- BURT CHAUNCY SMALL JRStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD SMITH JRCorporal · March 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- HOWARD B CARPENTERSergeant · Panel 16E, Line 26
- BURT CHAUNCY SMALL JRStaff Sergeant · Panel 16E, Line 31
From Pasadena
- WILLIAM JOSEPH PHILLIPSPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JAMES LOUIS CARTERColonel · February 3, 1966
- VERNON EDWARD BRACKINSLance Corporal · August 29, 1966
- MARK NIGGOL ENARIFirst Lieutenant · December 2, 1966
- FRED DOUGLAS HARDYLance Corporal · December 8, 1966
- DANIEL LYNN KIRSTEINPetty Officer Third Class · May 8, 1967
- THOMAS REGINALD RASCHELSpecialist Five · June 17, 1967
- JERRY EUGENE GUERRASpecialist Five · August 28, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
- MICHAEL DENNIS DAIELLOSpecialist Four · October 3, 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.