United States of AmericaPOW / MIA · Accounted for
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U.S. Navy · United States 
Robert Taft Hanson Jr.
1942 – 1966
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Lieutenant Commander Robert Taft Hanson Jr. served in the U.S. Navy. Robert served in the Vietnam War and the Cold War. Robert was 23 years old.
How They Died
Manner
Undetermined
Cause
Multiple traumatic injuries
Circumstance
Missing in action
Service Record
U.S. Navy
1320: Unrestricted Line Officer (Naval Flight Officer)
URL NAVAL FLIGHT OFFICER
TOLEDO, OH
1989
Pay grade O04.
Conflicts
Awards & Decorations
6
Unit awards
Foreign awards
Memorials
Burial Information
Cemetery
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
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Robert Taft Hanson Jr.
Lieutenant Commander
U.S. Navy
- 1989
RVAH-13
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