Name: 1LT Daunt Brunell Sanders
Status: Killed In Action from an incident on 07/27/1969 while performing the duty of Co-pilot.
Age at death: 26.1
Date of Birth: 07/08/1943
Home City: Seattle, WA
Service: reserve component of the U.S. Marine Corps.
Unit: HMM-364
Service: U.S. Marine Corps.
The Wall location: 20W-060
Short Summary: Shot down after picking up six marines including a wounded NVA soldier for interrogation. Rolled inverted & crashed. W/1LT R. Armenio.
Aircraft: CH-46A tail number 154018
Country: South Vietnam
MOS: 7562 = Pilot CH-46 Qualified
Primary cause: Hostile Fire
Started Tour: 06/24/1969
"Official" listing: helicopter air casualty - other aircrew
Length of service: 03
Location: Quang Nam Province I Corps.
Reason: aircraft lost or crashed
Casualty type: Hostile - killed
married male U.S. citizen
Race: Caucasian
Religion: Roman Catholic
Burial information: HOLYROOD CATHOLIC CEMETERY, SHORELINE, WA
This record was last updated on 05/25/1998
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