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ROBERT HUERTA SANCHEZ
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 20, 1947 – October 12, 1968
Service recordRobert Huerta Sanchez, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 12, 1968, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 54 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 54
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- June 20, 1947
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 12, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date October 12, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 34 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 54
- WILEY LOUIS MARTINLance Corporal · October 12, 1968
- LUIS FORERO SAAVEDRAPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- JAMES ANDREW SOWAPrivate First Class · October 12, 1968
- DAVID WILLIAM TARANTOSpecialist Four · October 12, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOE CANDELARIA R CARDENASStaff Sergeant · Panel 41W, Line 51
- GARY MORTEN CULBERTSONSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 51
- ROBERT DANIEL FACCIOCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 52
- DREW FIEDLERSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 52
- WALTER EDWARD GOLEMBIEWSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 52
- JUAN JOSE MARTINEZSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 53
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 1966
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.