In Memory

Robert Bickel

Infantry Indirect Fire Crewman
173rd Airborne Brigade, 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry, B Company
 

Birth:  Jul. 11, 1948
New York, USA
Death:  Nov. 6, 1967
Kon Tum, Vietnam

Robert was the son of Mr and Mrs Jerome Bickel.

Robert began his Vietnam tour on August 19, 1967. He was attached to the Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade, 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, Company B.

Robert and 17 other soldiers were killed during Operation MacArthur. These were some of the hardest fought battles of Vietnam.

AWARD: Purple Heart

★ National Defense Service Medal
★ Combat Infantryman Badge
★ Vietnam Campaign Medal
★ Vietnam Service Medal

Bollard in the Viet Nam Memorial in Highland Park

Burial:
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery 
Rochester
Monroe County
New York, USA



 
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05/05/19 04:34 PM #1    

Alan King

So much for so little. 


05/08/19 09:45 PM #2    

William Tuchrello

See: http://1-14th.com/Vietnam/Archives/MACV%20Reports/VietnamCombatOperations-1967%20d8562.pdf


05/13/19 01:27 PM #3    

Jeffrey Nunes

One of uncounted victims of the military~industrial complex that President Eisenhower alerted America to as his term drew to a close. Rest in peace among your noble brothers and sisters, Robert.


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