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ROBERT J CARMODY
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 4, 1938 – October 27, 1967
Service recordRobert J Carmody, of New York, New York, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on October 27, 1967, in Gia Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 29. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 79
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- September 4, 1938
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 27, 1967
- Age
- 29
- Province
- Gia Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date October 27, 1967; six of them were lost in Gia Dinh Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 79
- DAVID PAUL BETTSLance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- HORACE CANNCorporal · October 27, 1967
- ROBERT MATTHEW CARLOZZILance Corporal · October 27, 1967
- EDWARD CHARITY JRSergeant · October 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LINDEN BROOK DIXONCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 81
- STEPHEN PERRY JONESSergeant · Panel 28E, Line 83
- JON PETER TURKCorporal · Panel 28E, Line 87
- ROBERT ALTON WILLIAMSStaff Sergeant · Panel 28E, Line 89
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 1965
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.