Robert Sink

Lieutenant General Robert Frederick Sink (April 3, 1905 – December 13, 1965) was a United States Army officer during World War II, the Korean War, and early parts of the Vietnam War, though was most famous for his command of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. Sink attended Duke University (then known as Trinity College) for one year before securing an appointment to the United States Military Academy. He graduat... more

Lieutenant General Robert Frederick Sink (April 3, 1905 – December 13, 1965) was a United States Army officer during World War II, the Korean War, and early parts of the Vietnam War, though was most famous for his command of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division. Sink attended Duke University (then known as Trinity College) for one year before securing an appointment to the United States Military Academy. He graduated with the West Point Class of 1927, 174th in a Class of 203 (Cullum Number 8196) and commissioned as an Infantry Officer. Sink's initial assignment was to the 8th Infantry Regiment in Fort Screven, Georgia as a Second Lieutenant. Sink took assignments in Puerto Rico (1929, 65th Infantry Regiment), at the U.S. Army Chemical Warfare School (1932), at Fort Meade (1932, 34th Infantry Regiment, with the Civilian Conservation Corps (1933 at McAlevy’s Fort, Pennsylvania), and returned to the 34th Infantry Regiment before heading off to attend the... less