WAGGONER, ROBERT FROST

RIP 06/21/2021

Name: Robert Frost Waggoner
Rank/Branch: United States Air Force/O3
Unit:
Date of Birth:
Home City of Record: Steamboat Springs CO
Date of Loss: 12 September 1966
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 185200 North 1050800 East
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F105D
Missions:
Other Personnel in Incident:
Refno:

Source: Compiled by P.O.W. NETWORK from one or more of the following: raw
data from U.S. Government agency sources, correspondence with POW/MIA
families, published sources, interviews. 2023

REMARKS: 730304 RELEASED BY DRV

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Robert Waggoner retired from the United States Air Force as a Colonel.
He and his wife Vicki lived in California until his death.

Bob Waggoner was waiting at the pearly gate for Fred. 6/21/2021.

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https://www.steamboatpilot.com/news/former-pow-who-was-shot-down-and-imprisoned-will-be-honored-in-steamboat/

Former POW, who was shot down and imprisoned, will be honored in Steamboat

John F. Russell

| September 14, 2021

Before his plane was shot down, before spending more than six years as a prisoner of war and
before he was honored during his hometown’s Fourth of July parade, Col. Robert Waggoner
called Steamboat Springs home.

“He was the youngest boy of eight children, and he grew up and went to school in Steamboat Springs,”
said Sylvia Spangler, Waggoner’s niece....