Sgt. Robert Dean Sanders was killed in action shortly after arriving in Europe, during the Ardennes Campaign at the Battle of the Bulge. Sgt. Sanders' location at the time of death was Libramont-Chevigny, Arrondissement de Neufchâteau, Luxembourg, Belgium. He was one of twenty-four soldiers killed by an explosion of mines at Libramont, Belgium. Robert Dean Sanders is a brother to WWII veterans Sgt. John L. Sanders and PFC Marvin R. Sanders.