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ROBERT MICHAEL SULLIVAN
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 4, 1949 – December 31, 1968
Service recordRobert Michael Sullivan, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 31, 1968, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 14 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 14
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- July 4, 1949
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 31, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 31, 1968. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 14
- ROBERT HENRY SINCLAIR JRSergeant · December 31, 1968
- FRANCIS C SULLIVAN JRSpecialist Four · December 31, 1968
- KENNETH ALLEN TUTTLECorporal · December 31, 1968
- ROGER LOUIS BROWNSpecialist Five · January 1, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DOUGLAS ALAN DUGGERFirst Lieutenant · Panel 35W, Line 11
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.