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BERLIN ROBERT SHUMATE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 29, 1946 – May 7, 1968
Service recordBerlin Robert Shumate, of Hayward, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 7, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 56E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 56E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- April 29, 1946
- Home of record
- Hayward, California (Alameda County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 7, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
73 names on the Wall carry the date May 7, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 160 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 56E, Line 31
- GEORGE RANDLE JRPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- ROBERT RICHARDSPrivate First Class · May 7, 1968
- SAMUEL EMMERSON ROUSHSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
- WILLIAM EUGENE SANZOVERINOSpecialist Four · May 7, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ISIDRO BRICENO JIMENEZPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 26
- SIGIFREDO MONTALVO JRSpecialist Five · Panel 56E, Line 27
- RICK HAROLD FOSBURGStaff Sergeant · Panel 56E, Line 28
- JOHN R THORNHILL IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 56E, Line 32
From Hayward
- RICHARD C AMATOPrivate First Class · January 11, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD CLEMENTSLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- MICHAEL JOSEPH HEALCorporal · February 28, 1967
- ROBERT WAYNE SKARPHOLSpecialist Four · March 8, 1967
- DOUGLAS HUDSON MCCALLPrivate First Class · April 22, 1967
- RICHARD TYRONE BROWNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1967
- ALLEN BARTLEY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · May 20, 1967
- GERALD RUSSELL HENRYLance Corporal · July 7, 1967
- LEVAN ARLIN CHURCHLance Corporal · August 1, 1967
- SANFORD SHROUT JRLance Corporal · September 2, 1967
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.