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VERNON DALE SANDVIG
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 17, 1947 – March 28, 1968
Service recordVernon Dale Sandvig, of Los Banos, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 28, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 46E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 46E · Line 58
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 17, 1947
- Home of record
- Los Banos, California (Merced County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 47 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương 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 46E, Line 58
- LAWRENCE W OMEARASpecialist Four · March 28, 1968
- JOSEPH CONARD PARK JRSecond Lieutenant · March 28, 1968
- BERNARD MCKINLEY RICHARDSONCorporal · March 28, 1968
- DAVID LYLE ROSSPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
From Los Banos
- JOHN ALEXANDER NORRIS IIISecond Lieutenant · October 4, 1967
- WILLIAM MANUEL SCANLONSergeant · August 8, 1970
- FRANK ANTHONY CELANOSergeant · January 22, 1971
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.