Robert L Standerwick, SrColonel25TH TFS, 8TH TFW, 7TH AF United States Air Force 23 June 1930 - 20 June 1980 Mankato, Kansas Panel 05W Line 076 |
 
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I have a POW/MIA bracelet with Robert's name on it and have learned a lot of what happened to him . I have no idea how to contact his family, as I would like to see if they would like to have the bracelet.
Lori Fulton |
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I am writing because I too have a POW/MIA bracelet for Lt Col Standerwick. I purchased it in the summer of 1993, at The Wall, while on a cross country driving tour of the US. The bracelet is special to me for several personal reasons in addition to honoring a fellow American who is not yet home. The bracelet was the first one I picked up and the date that Lt Col Standerwick was shot down is exactly 3 months before I was born. I do not know if it makes sense to anyone, but when I read the date I felt a connection that I still can not explain. I should note that the summer of 1993 was my last summer as a civilian. I began my own military career soon after. As is part of the military life I have moved several times over the last 12+ years. It was during my most latest move that I thought the bracelet was lost. I searched off and on for almost a year, and finally found it again last month. That was when I decided to follow up and see if there had been any changes to Lt Col Standerwick's status. To the Standerwick family I extend my continued support and heart-felt prayers. I wear Lt Col Standerwick's bracelet with pride and hope that I do honor to his memory and your love to him.
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I too wear a bracelet with Colonel Standerwick's name on it. I worked in the MIA/POW pay accounts section of the Air Force Accounting and Finance Center in the 1970s and have always had a warm spot in my heart for those who were not accounted for.
Alan Lewis |
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I am 54 years old, and I, too, have a bracelet with Lt. Col. Robert Standerwick's name that I received when I was in college at the age of 18 over 36 years ago shortly after he was shot down. I never took the bracelet off all through college and prayed for him and now the family through the years. On this Memorial Day, 2007, I am still humbled by and thankful for the service and sacrifice by him and many others.
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Notes from The Virtual WallOn 03 Feb 1971, Lt Col Standerwick and Major Norbert A. Gotner launched from Ubon RTAFB in F-4D tail number 66-8777 on a sensor-dropping mission along the Ho Chi Minh Trail. While operating near Ban Kantaloung southwest of the Ban Karai Pass their aircraft was hit by AAA fire and the two men were forced to leave the aircraft.Both survived the ejection without significant injury and once on the ground established voice communications with each other and with US aircraft. Weather conditions precluded immediate SAR operations, and before SAR aircraft could attempt to pick them up communications had been lost with both Standerwick and Gotner. The last radio call from Standerwick indicated that he had been shot and was surrounded by enemy troops. Both men were classed as Missing in ACtion. Major Gotner had in fact been captured and would survive captivity, returning to US custody on 28 March 1973 - but he knew nothing more about Standerwick. Robert Standerwick was continued in MIA status, gaining promotion to Colonel, until the Secretary of the Air Force approved a Presumptive Finding of Death on 20 June 1980. At that time his status was changed to "Died while Missing, Body not Recovered". His remains have not been repatriated. |
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The point-of-contact for this memorial is one who wears his MIA bracelet, Lori Fulton fulton@pioneer-net.com |
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With all respect
Jim Schueckler, former CW2, US Army
Ken Davis, Commander, United States Navy (Ret)
Memorial first published on 01 Jun 1999
Last updated 11/25/2007