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An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam.
An AC-47D “Spooky” gunship fires on a target at night over South Vietnam. Photo: U.S. Air Force, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Arthur Saucier.

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ROBERT ARTHUR SAUCIER

Airman Second Class · U.S. Air Force

July 15, 1946 – July 1, 1967

Service record

Robert Arthur Saucier, of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, served as an Airman Second Class in the U.S. Air Force. He died on July 1, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 22E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 22E · Line 92

Position of Panel 22E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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. Air Force
Rank
Airman Second Class (A2C)
Service
Regular
Born
July 15, 1946
Home of record
Pine Bluff, Arkansas (Jefferson County)

Casualty

Date of death
July 1, 1967
Age
20
Province
Bien Hoa
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Aircraft Crash — crew

Context · from the records

What was happening

16 names on the Wall carry the date July 1, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 22E, Line 92

From Pine Bluff

All 23 names from Pine Bluff →

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.