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ROBERT JAMES STERLING
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 2, 1946 – April 25, 1967
Service recordRobert James Sterling, of Warwick, Rhode Island, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on April 25, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 18E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18E · Line 88
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- May 2, 1946
- Home of record
- Warwick, Rhode Island (Kent County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 25, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date April 25, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 18E, Line 88
- JOSEPH EDWARD ROYSTERSergeant · April 25, 1967
- THOMAS BOYD SHARPFirst Lieutenant · April 25, 1967
- EDWARD GERALD SHARPEPrivate First Class · April 25, 1967
- LEONARD HOWARD SMITHLance Corporal · April 25, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES LYLE BELLCorporal · Panel 18E, Line 83
- LARRY GENE BONNELLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 18E, Line 83
From Warwick
- RICHARD ALAN JURCAKPrivate First Class · March 9, 1967
- WILLIAM CHARLES STANLEYPrivate First Class · May 21, 1967
- KENNETH BRADFORD GOFF JRMajor · August 24, 1967
- ROBERT WILLIAM COTTENIERLance Corporal · September 4, 1967
- JOHN BRYANT HEADLEYCorporal · November 2, 1967
- LEO PAUL DUNSMORECorporal · February 12, 1968
- ALFRED LEONARD TRIPPCaptain · July 25, 1968
- JOSEPH THOMAS PIGEON JRSergeant · August 21, 1968
- JAMES LEO WARNERSergeant First Class · September 21, 1968
- RUSSELL EDWIN NIHILLSergeant · October 21, 1968
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.