The Wall › Panel 18W › Arkansas › Wayne Jackson Sanders
WAYNE JACKSON SANDERS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 25, 1948 – September 6, 1969
Service recordWayne Jackson Sanders, of Ratcliff, Arkansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · Line 50
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.
Remember
Did you know him? Family members and friends are invited to share a photograph or a memory. Nothing is posted until it has been reviewed.
Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- April 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Ratcliff, Arkansas (Logan County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1969; four of them were lost in Binh Long Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 50
- GUNTHER H REHLINGStaff Sergeant · September 6, 1969
- DAVID RIVERAPrivate · September 6, 1969
- THOMAS CLYDE RUSH JRLance Corporal · September 6, 1969
- THOMAS ANTHONY SALVATOREPrivate First Class · September 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY DANIEL BOOBARSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 46
- BOBBY GENE HAYNESSergeant · Panel 18W, Line 46
- STEVEN WAYNE WILSONSpecialist Four · Panel 18W, Line 52
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.