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WILLIAM JACOB SANDERS
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
January 14, 1948 – August 27, 1967
Service recordWilliam Jacob Sanders, of Cincinnati, Ohio, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 54
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- January 14, 1948
- Home of record
- Cincinnati, Ohio (Hamilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 54
- GEORGE HENRY RUSH JRPetty Officer Second Class · August 27, 1967
- FRANCIS EDWARD SMILEYMajor · August 27, 1967
- TIMOTHY PETERSON VOGELPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- JERRY PETER WYNNECorporal · August 27, 1967
From Cincinnati
- ROBERT DAVID BENNETTCaptain · November 5, 1962
- TOM WARDSergeant First Class · August 20, 1964
- KENNETH EDWARD HUMELieutenant Commander · March 29, 1965
- JAMES MELVEN PENNYPrivate First Class · July 15, 1965
- GENE RAYMOND GOLLAHONLieutenant · August 13, 1965
- LEONARD FREDERICK VOGT JRCommander · September 18, 1965
- CLARENCE HENRY GRAYStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1965
- EDWARD KEMPPrivate First Class · October 23, 1965
- CHARLES R DAVIS JRSpecialist Five · November 1, 1965
- TOMMY ALLEN DOAKPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
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.