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WILLIAM DALE SANDERLIN
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 15, 1943 – December 2, 1969
Service recordWilliam Dale Sanderlin, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on December 2, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 18
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Medium Helicopter Repairer (67U)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- September 15, 1943
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- December 2, 1969
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Presumed Dead
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
- First reported
- Missing
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date December 2, 1969; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 18
- STACY KRESHOStaff Sergeant · December 2, 1969
- ROBERT RONALD LEISYSecond Lieutenant · December 2, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES MCINTOSHSpecialist Four · December 2, 1969
- DARNELL MISTERPrivate First Class · December 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM CHARLES DUNLAPChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 15W, Line 17
- MICHAEL HENRY SHANLEY JRSergeant First Class · Panel 15W, Line 20
- JONATHAN TOWNSENDStaff Sergeant · Panel 15W, Line 20
- EYKEL MARTIN D VANDEN IIChief Warrant Officer 3 · Panel 15W, Line 21
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 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.