Gail was the son of Mace C. Sanderson and Mildred E. Sanderson of Anthon IA and he enlisted in the US Marine Corps on April 18 1968 in Omaha NE. He arrived in Vietnam on November 6 1968 where he was assigned for duty with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 13th Marines, 1st MARDVIV (Rein) FMF.
During Operation PIPESTONE CANYON BLT (Battalion Landing Team) 1/26 was under the OPCON (Operational Control) of the 7th Marines with their CP (Command Post) set up in close proximity to Hill 55 in the Dien Ban District of Quang Nam Province. On May 27, a Barrage of 82 mm mortar rounds and three 175 mm lob rounds hit Hill 55 destroying a 105 mm howitzer, killing three Marines and wounding twenty-nine men during the attack. One of the casualties was PVT Sanderson who was killed from fragmentation wounds by the hostile mortar fire/
Casualties:
Albert Joseph Cartledge
James Hickey
Gail Gene Sanderson
During Operation PIPESTONE CANYON BLT (Battalion Landing Team) 1/26 was under the OPCON (Operational Control) of the 7th Marines with their CP (Command Post) set up in close proximity to Hill 55 in the Dien Ban District of Quang Nam Province. On May 27, a Barrage of 82 mm mortar rounds and three 175 mm lob rounds hit Hill 55 destroying a 105 mm howitzer, killing three Marines and wounding twenty-nine men during the attack. One of the casualties was PVT Sanderson who was killed from fragmentation wounds by the hostile mortar fire/
Casualties:
Albert Joseph Cartledge
James Hickey
Gail Gene Sanderson
Gail was the son of Mace C. Sanderson and Mildred E. Sanderson of Anthon IA and he enlisted in the US Marine Corps on April 18 1968 in Omaha NE. He arrived in Vietnam on November 6 1968 where he was assigned for duty with Battery A, 1st Battalion, 13th Marines, 1st MARDVIV (Rein) FMF.
During Operation PIPESTONE CANYON BLT (Battalion Landing Team) 1/26 was under the OPCON (Operational Control) of the 7th Marines with their CP (Command Post) set up in close proximity to Hill 55 in the Dien Ban District of Quang Nam Province. On May 27, a Barrage of 82 mm mortar rounds and three 175 mm lob rounds hit Hill 55 destroying a 105 mm howitzer, killing three Marines and wounding twenty-nine men during the attack. One of the casualties was PVT Sanderson who was killed from fragmentation wounds by the hostile mortar fire/
Casualties:
Albert Joseph Cartledge
James Hickey
Gail Gene Sanderson
During Operation PIPESTONE CANYON BLT (Battalion Landing Team) 1/26 was under the OPCON (Operational Control) of the 7th Marines with their CP (Command Post) set up in close proximity to Hill 55 in the Dien Ban District of Quang Nam Province. On May 27, a Barrage of 82 mm mortar rounds and three 175 mm lob rounds hit Hill 55 destroying a 105 mm howitzer, killing three Marines and wounding twenty-nine men during the attack. One of the casualties was PVT Sanderson who was killed from fragmentation wounds by the hostile mortar fire/
Casualties:
Albert Joseph Cartledge
James Hickey
Gail Gene Sanderson
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