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ROBERT LOUIS SANDNER
Captain · U.S. Air Force
February 5, 1936 – June 7, 1966
Service recordRobert Louis Sandner, of Clearwater, Florida, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 7, 1966, in Cambodia, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 8E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- February 5, 1936
- Home of record
- Clearwater, Florida (Pinellas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 7, 1966
- Age
- 30
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date June 7, 1966. In June 1966, 595 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Cambodia, outside South Vietnam.
Also on Panel 8E, Line 18
- JOHN BENNIE LASKEYPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
- WILLIAM GUNTHER NORBERGMajor · June 7, 1966
- IRA HILTON PERKINS JRStaff Sergeant · June 7, 1966
- MIGUEL ANGEL RIVERAPrivate First Class · June 7, 1966
From Clearwater
- BARRY RONAL DELPHINCaptain · March 20, 1967
- WILLIAM IRVIN NELSON IIPrivate First Class · March 24, 1967
- MORRIS FRANKLIN DIXON JRCorporal · May 9, 1967
- JOHN ROLAND BURKECorporal · June 6, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH VANVLECKPetty Officer Second Class · July 6, 1967
- BOBBY LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 24, 1967
- ROBERT FLOYD SHAWPrivate First Class · October 23, 1967
- JEFFREY DALE ANNABLECorporal · November 27, 1967
- CHET EUGENE MCPHETERSSpecialist Four · March 14, 1968
- MICHAEL JOSEPH SAUNDERSPrivate First Class · April 28, 1968
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.