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ROBERT STERLING MUMMERT
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
April 14, 1944 – July 5, 1967
Service recordRobert Sterling Mummert, of Rialto, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 5, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- April 14, 1944
- Home of record
- Rialto, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 5, 1967
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date July 5, 1967; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In July 1967, 1,057 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 64 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23E, Line 13
- WARD KENT DODGEColonel · July 5, 1967
- FRANCIS GEORGE MONINCorporal · July 5, 1967
- ROBERT LEE MORNINGSTARStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1967
- EARNEST GLYNN NELSONStaff Sergeant · July 5, 1967
Same unit, same day
- RALPH BERNARD GERKENSpecialist Four · Panel 23E, Line 11
- JAMES RUSSELL ISBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 12
- PAUL GORDON KNIGHTONPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 12
- JAMES ERICH MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · Panel 23E, Line 12
From Rialto
- CARL MERLIN GEBHART JRCorporal · April 30, 1966
- CLIFFORD EDWARD HAKESPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- GAYLORD EUGENE NOOTZSecond Lieutenant · July 12, 1967
- STEVEN ALLEN GUTHRIESpecialist Four · January 31, 1968
- TERRENCE R FEIGENBUTZSpecialist Four · February 1, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ROMOPrivate First Class · May 2, 1968
- TOBY WINDFIELD STREETFirst Lieutenant · January 18, 1969
- CHARLES ALBERT VANHORNSpecialist Four · March 7, 1970
- GARLIN JERIS HENDERSON JRSpecialist Four · March 12, 1970
- RICHARD PAUL COXPrivate First Class · March 22, 1970
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.