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VIDAL SANCHEZ JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 10, 1942 – May 13, 1967
Service recordVidal Sanchez JR, of Shiloh, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 13, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 112 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 112
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Oh-13/Oh-23 Helicopter Repairman (67M)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 AVN CO 17 AVN GRP 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- January 10, 1942
- Home of record
- Shiloh, New Jersey (Cumberland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 112
- BRUCE LEE ROTHHAARSergeant · May 13, 1967
- WILLIAM ARDIE RUSHChief Petty Officer · May 13, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS SARAKASPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- DAVID JOHN SCHARIBONEPrivate First Class · May 13, 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.