Honoring our Fallen Hero:
SGT. ROBERTO DANIEL SANCHEZ
Died on Oct. 1, 2009
Operation Enduring Freedom
Sgt. Roberto Daniel Sanchez, 24, was a team leader assigned to 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment at Hunter Army Airfield, Ga. He was born on July 19, 1985, in Ocala, Fla. 
Sanchez was killed during a combat operation in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan Oct.1, 2009. He was on his fifth deployment in support of the War on Terror with three previous deployments to Iraq and one to Afghanistan.
After graduating from Satellite Senior High School in Satellite Beach, Fla., Sanchez enlisted in the U.S. Army from his hometown of Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., July 2004. He completed One Station Unit Training at Fort Benning Ga., as an infantryman. After graduating from the Basic Airborne Course there, he was assigned to the Ranger Indoctrination Program also at Fort Benning.
He graduated from the Ranger Indoctrination Program and was then assigned to Company B, 1st Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment February 2005 where he served as an automatic rifleman and team leader.
His military education includes the Basic Airborne Course, Ranger Indoctrination Program, U.S. Army Ranger Course, Emergency Medic Technician Basic Course and Jumpmaster Course.
His awards and decorations include the Ranger Tab, Combat Infantryman’s Badge, Expert Infantryman’s Badge, Parachutist Badge, Army Commendation Medal, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with combat star, Iraq
Campaign Medal with combat star, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and Army Service Ribbon.
He is survived by his parents 1st Sgt. Will and Wendy Holland and brothers Jacob Goldberg and Logan Holland of Hendersonville, Tenn., and maternal grandparents James and Mary Wilson of Ocala, Fla.
– RANGERS LEAD THE WAY! –
Sgt Sanchez, I did not know you for the rest of your team or anyone who served in cmbat except my son James who served in the United States Marine Corps and two tours in Afghanistan and myself .
What I’m trying to say is I’m from a different generation I served in the United States Air Force for 10 years but that was a long time ago before the war on terror. I just watched National Geographic special warfighters and it brought me to tears, how can America’s Best and brightest be taken from us in an instant. I lost friends in Panama and Grenada but for some reason this opened that wound of loss. I hope you are still on watch in heaven taking care of your team and your family. I guess I’m rambling but Tears are Falling as I am. I want to thank you for your service I want to thank you for securing our nation and I wish your family and your team members good memories, comfort and peace.
God bless you
Thank you for your unparalleled service!
This story brought tear to my eyes, may the Lord bring him home and unite him with his other fallen brothers.
God bless you Robert Sanchez and your family. The sacrifice you made on the altar of freedom it’s sometimes too much to bear. You gave your life so we could have life the way our forefathers laid out before us in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. I just saw you on TV and I was really touched by your service and sacrifice and felt I had to leave something here. My name is John by the way I’m an Air Force combat veteran myself.
Thank you for serving our country! You are never forgotten!