ANIBAL DE JESUS-SANCHEZ

Company A 1/22 Infantry

4th Infantry Division

KIA 03/14/1967

Army - PFC - E3

Age: 21
Race: Caucasian
Sex: Male
Date of Birth Nov 21, 1945
From: GUAYAMA, PR
Religion: PROTESTANT
Marital Status: Single

PFC - E3 - Army - Selective Service
4th Infantry Division
MOS: 11B10: Infantryman
Length of service 0 years
His tour began on Sep 25, 1966
Casualty was on Mar 14, 1967
In KONTUM, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE
Body was recovered

Panel 16E - Line 77

Anibal de Jesus-Sanchez was killed in a battle with NVA forces during Operation Sam Houston,
at grid reference YA600587, approximately 26 kilometers west of Plei Djereng airfield.

PFC Anibal De Jesus-Sanchez' decorations

Anibal De Jesus-Sanchez in Vietnam ( red arrow )
Left to right: Angel L. Quintana, C 1/22; Josè R. Morales, HHC 1/22; unknown, C 1/22;
Anibal De Jesus-Sanchez, A 1/22; unknown, C 1/22; Israel Nuñez, C 1/22; Rivera, C 1/22

Photo taken in January 1967, at the fire base just before the Battalion started Operation Sam Houston.
It may be the last photo ever taken of Anibal De Jesus-Sanchez

Photo by Benjamin Cedeño, C 1/22

Photo (and top photo) and identification courtesy of Herminio "Pinchy" Rodriguez, A 1/22

Grave marker for Anibal De Jesus-Sanchez

Grave of Anibal De Jesus-Sanchez

At the grave of Anibal De Jesus-Sanchez........
On left is Herminio Rodriguez - Company A 1/22 Infantry 1966-1967
On right is Ramon Morales - HHC Medic 1/22 Infantry 1966-1967

At Anibal's grave......
Left, Benjamin Cedeño Company, C 1/22 Infantry 1966-1967 - Right, Ramon Morales, HHC 1/22 Infantry 1966-1967

At Anibal's grave.....
Left, Herminio Rodriguez - Right, Benjamin Cedeño

Photos courtesy of Benjamin Cedeño, Company C 1/22 Infantry 1966-1967

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