Robert Lauren Standerwick Sr.

Vietnam War
Unit25th Tactical Fighter Squadron
RankColonel U.S. Air Force
Entered Service FromMankato Kansas
Date of DeathFebruary 3 1971
StatusMissing In Action
Memorialized
Courts of the Missing
Court
A
Notes
Colonel Standerwick was a member of the 25th Tactical Fighter Squadron at Ubon Airfield, Thailand. On February 3, 1971, he was the pilot of a McDonnell Douglas Phantom II Fighter (F-4D) on a sensor drop mission over the Ho Chi Minh Trail, Laos, when his aircraft was shot down. He ejected safely to the ground and had contact to report being surrounded by the enemy. His remains were not recovered. His name is inscribed on the Courts of the Missing at the Honolulu Memorial.