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ROBERT PAUL SANCHEZ JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
October 9, 1950 – June 1, 1971
Service recordRobert Paul Sanchez JR, of Rialto, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1971, in Phuoc Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 64
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Fire Direction Specialist (13E)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- October 9, 1950
- Home of record
- Rialto, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Phuoc Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1971; he was the only one lost in Phuoc Long Province that day. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 64
- MICHAEL ALAN LAMUSGAWarrant Officer 1 · June 2, 1971
- GEORGE HENRY POTTSPrivate First Class · June 2, 1971
- EDGAR DURPHY THOMASStaff Sergeant · June 2, 1971
- MICHAEL JAMES VERSTRAETESergeant · June 2, 1971
Same unit, same day
- AUGUSTUS ADAMSPrivate · Panel 3W, Line 60
From Rialto
- CARL MERLIN GEBHART JRCorporal · April 30, 1966
- CLIFFORD EDWARD HAKESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT STERLING MUMMERTSpecialist Four · July 5, 1967
- GAYLORD EUGENE NOOTZSecond Lieutenant · July 12, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN GUTHRIESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- TERRENCE R FEIGENBUTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ROMOPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- TOBY WINDFIELD STREETFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1969
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- GARLIN JERIS HENDERSON JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
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.