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ROBERT PAUL SICKLES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 24, 1946 – May 9, 1968
Service recordRobert Paul Sickles, of Avon, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 9, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 57E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 57E · Line 30
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 24, 1946
- Home of record
- Avon, New York (Livingston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 9, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
127 names on the Wall carry the date May 9, 1968; 43 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 57E, Line 30
- JOHN HENRY KIRCHNER JRPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
- RICHARD EDWIN NOBLESpecialist Four · May 9, 1968
- DAVID GUERRERO NUNEZ JRSergeant · May 9, 1968
- JORDAN JAY OZANNEPrivate First Class · May 9, 1968
From Avon
- EDWIN FRANCIS UPRIGHTSergeant · August 3, 1967
- PAUL RICHARD FUSCOSergeant · July 16, 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.