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Volden, Robert L.
Navy Boiler technician

Robert L. Volden, age 38, from Virginia , Vrginia Beach county.

Parents: Arthur Rauscher, great uncle who raised him

Service era: Gulf War
Schools: Quit school at age 17 in 1969 to join the Navy

Date of death: Tuesday, October 30, 1990
Death details: Died with nine other sailors aboard the USS Iwo Jima when the ship’s 850-degree steam pipe erupted.

Source: White House Commission on Remembrance, Department of Defense, Fort Pierce Tribune (1991)

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