Rank: Sergeant First Class
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11D – Armor Reconnaissance Specialist
Awards: Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Meritorious Unit Citation, Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Regular
Date of birth: 11-Nov-2029
Hometown: Richmond, Kentucky
Marital status: Married to Geraldine Sickels
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Start of tour: 23-Aug-1966
Incident date: 4-Apr-1967
Date of casualty: 4-Apr-1967
Age at death: 37
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Grenade. Multiple fragmentation wounds.
Robert T. SIckels was in base camp when it came under hostile mortar attack.
Location of fatality: Long Khanh, South Vietnam
Place of interment: Lancaster Cemetery, Lancaster, Kentucky, USA
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