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ROBERT LEONARD SANGSTER
Private · U.S. Army
September 22, 1948 – November 23, 1968
Service recordRobert Leonard Sangster, of Coolidge, Georgia, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 23, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 38W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38W · Line 46
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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- September 22, 1948
- Home of record
- Coolidge, Georgia (Thomas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date November 23, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In November 1968, 918 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 38W, Line 46
- LARRY WAYNE RYCROFTPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- FRANK SANFILIPPOPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- EDDIE LOU SHAFFERSergeant · November 23, 1968
- NOAH LELAND SMITHPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
From Coolidge
- THOMAS LAMAR FOYPrivate First Class · May 10, 1967
- GARLAND ALEX GRIFFIN JRPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- JOHN DAVID HARPER JRPrivate First Class · March 25, 1968
- WARREN C DELANEYTechnical Sergeant · April 25, 1969
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.