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ROBERT RICHARD SANDSTROM
Private First Class · U.S. Army
May 3, 1945 – October 5, 1967
Service recordRobert Richard Sandstrom, of San Francisco, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1967, in Vinh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 56
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 3, 1945
- Home of record
- San Francisco, California (San Francisco County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 5, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Vinh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Vinh Long Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 56
- STANLEY ROY UDINGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WERTMANLance Corporal · October 5, 1967
- JOSEPH ALFRED ALBERTINICorporal · October 6, 1967
- GALE ARTHUR ALLDRIDGESergeant · October 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM BROOKS KISERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 27E, Line 54
From San Francisco
- BRUCE CHARLES FARRELLLieutenant · October 8, 1963
- JOHN F SANTOS JRCaptain · April 28, 1964
- HARRY PAUL GAMBLEPrivate First Class · June 7, 1965
- LUDWIG PETER KOHLERPrivate First Class · July 26, 1965
- WILLIAM GEORGE WHEATLEYPrivate First Class · October 13, 1965
- EVERETT WILLIAM GOIASSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- JOHN ARTHUR NATHANSpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- RONALD DENNIS FERGUSONSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- JOSE WILFREDO SUAREZSpecialist Five · November 20, 1965
- LAAVALE FUATAU TAGATALance Corporal · December 3, 1965
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.