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ROBERT LEE SADLER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
September 24, 1946 – September 6, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Sadler, of Elizabeth City, North Carolina, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 6, 1967, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 17 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 17
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Elizabeth City, North Carolina (Pasquotank County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 6, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date September 6, 1967; 47 of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 26E, Line 17
- RICHARD EARL SERWINOWSKICorporal · September 6, 1967
- ROBERT EARL SHIELDSCorporal · September 6, 1967
- J D SINGLETONSpecialist Four · September 6, 1967
- NORRIS RAY SMITHLieutenant Colonel · September 6, 1967
From Elizabeth City
- WILLIAM HENRY LAMBSergeant · July 18, 1967
- STERLING G W RIDDICKSpecialist Four · April 18, 1968
- KENNETH JONES EYER JRSpecialist Four · May 10, 1969
- ERNEST BERTIE WHITESpecialist Five · October 13, 1969
- HARVEY WAYNE BAKERMaster Sergeant · January 1, 1972
- LAWRENCE MCFIE OXX JRFirst Lieutenant · January 28, 1972
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.