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WILLIE J SANDFER JR
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 16, 1929 – March 24, 1969
Service recordWillie J Sandfer JR, of Tinnie, New Mexico, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 24, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 29
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
- Motor Transport Operator (64C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 16, 1929
- Home of record
- Tinnie, New Mexico (Lincoln County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 24, 1969
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 24, 1969; three of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 29
- MINOR WESLEY PATTILLOSergeant · March 24, 1969
- RONALD EDGAR PLAYFORDLance Corporal · March 24, 1969
- DONALD SHELDON REPACICorporal · March 24, 1969
- DENNIS MICHAEL SILVERIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1969
Same unit, same day
- BOBBY JOE NEWMANSpecialist Four · Panel 28W, Line 28
- DENNIS ALAN WILLIAMSPrivate · Panel 28W, Line 31
From Tinnie
- JOHN SANDERS OLDHAMMajor · June 11, 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.