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Jeff Schlegel
September 11, 2025 | Yonkers, NY | Family
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Commander Robert Allan Schlegel
Gray, Maine
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Gray, Maine
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Send FlowersThough he contemplated a career in journalism, Cmdr. Robert Allan Schlegel, 38, of Alexandria, Va., followed his father and two brothers into the Navy and was recently promoted to commander. It was the highest ranking received in his family--which has 60 years of naval experience--and earned the 15-year veteran a new office at the Pentagon.
There, on the second floor, he scheduled and assigned the cruise routes and dates for Navy ships, according to his sister-in-law, Debbie Schlegel, who has known him since they attended Gray-New Gloucester High School together in Maine. His office was believed to be at the point of impact where the jetliner crashed into the Pentagon, said his family.
"He'd always come over and play with our kids, getting that `uncle' time in when [his brother David] was out at sea," Debbie Schlegel said. "He was an all-around great kid."
After high school, Schlegel left Maine to attend Washington and Lee University in Virginia, where he majored in journalism and minored in French. He worked as a reporter at the Lewiston Sun Journal in Maine but changed careers and trained to be an officer in the Navy. In 1996 he was named the commanding officer of the Atlantic Tomahawk Afloat Planning System. Before he moved to the Pentagon last year, he was executive officer for the destroyer USS Radford.
An avid sports fan, Schlegel loved to play hockey, watch football and compete with his brothers and nephew at video games.
He lived in the D.C. area with his wife, Dawn. Back home in Gray, Maine, the community held a candlelight vigil.
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I think of you often Shipmate. I have fond memories of serving on the Happy Harry with you as the DCA and me alongside as the MPA. You served with great distinction and were taken from all who care and love you... way too soon. Z spoke about you at our first HEY reunion. There wasn't a dry eye in the room. You are missed my friend. FWAFS.
Bob Rochford
September 11, 2021 | Work
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Stopping by to let you know we are still thinking about you. Really appreciated you leadership and mentoring on USS SCOTT. All the best to your family on this day.
Rich Cosendine
September 11, 2021
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On this 20th anniversary of 9/11 remembering my former student, Robert Schlegel. A life taken way too soon!
Gregory Goodspeed
September 11, 2021 | Cumberland, ME | Teacher
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9/12/2020
Although i never met Robert, my family knows his loved ones. I was volunteering a year ago with a navy doc at a clinic for the uninsured. We talked about 9/11 and i said i knew of someone who passed at the pentagon. The doc said it wasnt robert schlegel was it? I said yes, did you know him? He said he had worked with his father at a hospital and was so sad to hear the news. He had only beautiful words to say about the Schlegel family.
Dawn, my dad told me how you...
Noelle Cohen
September 12, 2020 | Friend
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9/12/2020
Although i never met Robert, my family know his loved ones. I was volunteering a year ago with a navy doc at a clinic for the uninsured. We talked about 9/11 and i said i knew of someone who passed at the pentagon. The doc said it wasnt robert schlegel was it? I said yes, did you know him? He said he had worked with his father at a hospital and was so sad to hear the news. He had only beautiful words to say about the Schlegel family.
Dawn, my dad told me how you took...
Noelle Cohen
September 12, 2020 | Friend
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PS: Thank you for serving the Navy with class, Commander Schlegel.
A.L.
August 28, 2019
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Thank- you, Dawn for helping make the 9-11 memorial park at the Pentagon possible. Tim Considine and I spent a quiet visit there recently remembering Rob and his legacy.
Henry Dewing
August 06, 2019 | Alexandria, VA | Friend
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RIP, Brother. We will never forget your service, sacrifice and selfless example.
Henry Dewing
August 06, 2019 | Alexandria, VA | Friend
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