Hendriks, Robert Andrew

Robert Andrew Hendriks grew up in Locust Valley, New York. He enlisted in the Marine Corps Reserve and served as an infantryman with the 2nd Battalion, 25th Marines, 4th Marine Division, based in Garden City, New York. He held the rank of sergeant.

According to U.S. Department of Defense casualty reports, Hendriks died on April 8, 2019, in Bagram, Afghanistan. The official cause was listed as hostile. A subsequent investigation by the Marine Corps Times, citing military officials, reported that Hendriks and two other service members were killed by a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device (VBIED) while conducting a mounted patrol.

Hendriks was deployed in support of Operation Freedom's Sentinel, the U.S. military mission in Afghanistan that succeeded Operation Enduring Freedom in January 2015. The mission's stated objectives included training and advising Afghan forces and conducting counterterrorism operations. By 2019, U.S. troop levels in Afghanistan were reported to be below 14,000, with combat operations largely shifted to an advisory role, though troops remained exposed to insurgent attacks.

The deaths of Hendriks and his two comrades were announced by the Department of Defense. His body was returned to the United States. Public records and local news reports indicate memorial services were held in his hometown on Long Island.

Hendriks is listed on the Afghanistan War casualty rolls maintained by the Defense Department. He is memorialized by his unit and on the online 'Faces of the Fallen' database maintained by the Washington Post, which documents U.S. service members killed in the post-9/11 wars.

Sgt. Robert Hendriks was killed during Operation Freedom's Sentinel (ongoing since January 2015). See the full roster of those killed in this conflict.

Among those documented in the same conflict: Dawson, John Michael, Gonzalez, Jose Juan, Sanchez, Maria Victoria, Ruiz, Pablo Allende Iii.

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