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WILLIAM STEPHEN SANDERS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
April 27, 1943 – June 30, 1970
Service recordWilliam Stephen Sanders, of Winthrop, Maine, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 30, 1970, in Laos, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 107
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- 23 TASS
- Born
- April 27, 1943
- Home of record
- Winthrop, Maine (Kennebec County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 30, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date June 30, 1970. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
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.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 107
- MITCHELL OLEN SADLER JRCaptain · June 30, 1970
- LEROY CLYDE SCHANEBERGCaptain · June 30, 1970
- GARRY MONZEL SHANNONSpecialist Five · June 30, 1970
- EDDY EUGENE WHITESergeant · June 30, 1970
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.