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A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967.
A soldier of the 4th Infantry Division secures a landing zone, October 1967. Photo: SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Robert Joseph Sullivan.

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ROBERT JOSEPH SULLIVAN

Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army

January 26, 1933 – September 12, 1967

Service record

Robert Joseph Sullivan, of Kansas, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 12, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 26E · Line 63

Position of Panel 26E on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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Service

Branch
U.S. Army
Rank
Staff Sergeant (SSG)
Service
Regular
Occupation
Power Generation Equipment Repairer (52D)
Born
January 26, 1933
Home of record
Kansas, Ohio (Seneca County)

Casualty

Date of death
September 12, 1967
Age
34
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

30 names on the Wall carry the date September 12, 1967. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 26E, Line 63

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.