Robert Louis Sandner

Vietnam War
Unit1st Air Commando Squadron, Pleiku
RankCaptain U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromClearwater Florida
Date of DeathJune 7 1966
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
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1st Air Commando Squadron, Pleiku
Notes
Captain Sandner was a member of the 1st Air Commando Squadron at Pleiku Air Base, South Vietnam. On June 7, 1966, he was the pilot of a Douglas Skyraider Attack Aircraft (A1-E) on a mission near Bo Keo, Ratanakiri Province, Cambodia, when his aircraft crashed. His remains were recovered on May 7, 1995 and identified on February 12, 1996. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.
rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.