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TOMMY GERALD SANDEFUR
Chief Warrant Officer 2 · U.S. Army
June 24, 1936 – February 1, 1968
Service recordTommy Gerald Sandefur, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, served as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 1, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 59 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 59
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
- Chief Warrant Officer 2 (CW2)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 24, 1936
- Home of record
- Tulsa, Oklahoma (Tulsa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 1, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Tuy Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 61 of its members that month.
He died in Phuoc Tuy Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 59
- ROGER DALE PUCKETTPrivate First Class · February 1, 1968
- JAMES EDDIE REEDCaptain · February 1, 1968
- MAXIE ROSS RICECorporal · February 1, 1968
- KENNETH LEE ROGERSSergeant · February 1, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RAYMOND LESTER CONWAYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 36E, Line 48
- FRANCIS LEKIRKLAS GRIFFINChief Warrant Officer 2 · Panel 36E, Line 49
- WEDEN GARY HUMPHREYSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 52
From Tulsa
- JORDEN DUWAYNE FORRESTERSpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- MARTIN RONALD SCOTTColonel · March 15, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN DOKESergeant · March 24, 1966
- DAVID LEE CHAPMANPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- STANLEY GILBERT COXCaptain · May 18, 1966
- FLOYD WAYNE HAMILTONLance Corporal · May 23, 1966
- WILLIAM ROSS SAVAGEWarrant Officer 1 · June 24, 1966
- ISAIAH HERMAN WILSONPrivate First Class · July 15, 1966
- PAUL WILLIAM JOHNSONCaptain · July 22, 1966
- LEE GRANT JOHNSONLance Corporal · July 30, 1966
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.