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ROBERT T SICKELS
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
November 11, 1929 – April 4, 1967
Service recordRobert T Sickels, of Richmond, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 4, 1967, in Long Khanh Province, South Vietnam, at age 37. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 100
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. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- November 11, 1929
- Home of record
- Richmond, Kentucky (Madison County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 4, 1967
- Age
- 37
- Province
- Long Khanh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date April 4, 1967; he was the only one lost in Long Khanh Province that day. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 100
- MICHAEL WILLIAM MARTINEAUPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- WILLIS ALANZO MATTHEWSPrivate First Class · April 4, 1967
- RONALD BRUCE SCHRADERSpecialist Four · April 4, 1967
- JIMMY JOE SMITHSpecialist Four · April 4, 1967
From Richmond
- ARTHUR BRUMAGENSecond Lieutenant · November 24, 1966
- DONALD DEWAYNE PHILBECKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1968
- JAMES VIRL DENHAMSergeant · June 30, 1968
- FRANKLIN RENFRO JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 1968
- BUFORD HARDYPrivate First Class · March 10, 1969
- HARRY DANIEL ASHCRAFTPrivate First Class · May 21, 1969
- RONALD EDWARD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · May 12, 1970
- CLIFFORD WAYNE MARSHALLCorporal · February 19, 1971
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.