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ROBERT OSCAR BUMILLER
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 22, 1947 – August 9, 1968
Service recordRobert Oscar Bumiller, of La Due, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 35
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 22, 1947
- Home of record
- La Due, Missouri (Henry County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 9, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date August 9, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 35
- MELVIN LLOYD MCARTHURSpecialist Four · August 8, 1968
- WILLIAM CLEMENS WIESKUSStaff Sergeant · August 8, 1968
- STEVEN EARL WILDMANHospitalman · August 8, 1968
- FRANKLIN IVAN BURRIS JRCorporal · August 9, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN ARTHUR HOLDERBAUMSergeant · Panel 49W, Line 38
From La Due
- JAMES SCHENLER WOODFirst Lieutenant · June 6, 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.