Robert Sumter???NEED help??!!?

Question

i think im never gonna find out any info about my granddad,Robert Johnson father.My granddad was born on March 9,1940 and still is living.From what my granddad said i only that his name was Robert Sumter and that he died around 1950's.i've heard that he wasted his young life by drinking and gambling which maybe was his cause of death.i thought that maybe was in WW II because most men who came from war then mostly drinked their self to death.

Robert Sumter maybe died in Richland,South Carolina and was born here.My granddad mom never married Robert Sumter but her name was Recell Johnson-Porterfield,who was born in 1919.She had other children by other men and they were Leroy,Louise,James,Nemier,and Jimmie Johnson.

Answer 1

I think this is a transcript of his ww2 enlistment record.  

(I still need you to send me a direct email address, not the filter one, and I can send images to you.  )

Name:   Robert Sumpter

Birth Year: 1915

Race: Negro, citizen (Black)

Nativity State or Country: South Carolina

State: South Carolina

County or City: Richland



Enlistment Date: 6 Nov 1945

Branch: Ordnance Department

Branch Code: Ordnance Department

Grade: Technician 5th Grade

Grade Code: Technician 5th Grade Equivalent to Grade 6: Corporal

Term of Enlistment: One year enlistment

Component: Regular Army (including Officers, Nurses, Warrant Officers, and Enlisted Men)

Source: Enlisted Man, Philippine Scout or recall to AD of an enlisted man who had been transferred to the ERC



Education: Grammar school

Civil Occupation: Truck Driver, Light

Marital Status: Married

Height: 03

Weight: 450

Answer 2

www.ancestry.com--1930 United States Federal Census

Name: Robert Sumter

Home in 1930: School District 10, Richland, South Carolina

Age: 13

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1917  

Relation to Head of House: Son  

Father's Name: Samuel

Mother's Name: Amie

Household Members: Name Age

Samuel Sumter-- 55  

Amie Sumter --55  

Sam J Sumter --14  

Robert Sumter-- 13  

John B Sumter --9  

Amie R Sumter --7  

Could this be Recell's son, Leroy??

South Carolina Death Records, 1821-1955

Name: Leroy Johnson

Death Date: 4 Aug 1938

Age (Years): 0

Age (Months): 3

Estimated Birth Year: 1938  

Gender: Male  

Color: Non-White

County of Death: Richland  

Volume Number: 31

Certificate Number: 13075

www.worldvitalrecords.com--These men could have served in WW2, but did not die in the 1950's. They were or lived in Richland County, SC:

Name: Robert Sumter

Birth Date: 12 April 1906

Death Date: August 1980

Issuing State: South Carolina

Residence at Death: Hopkins,Richland,South Carolina 29061

SSN: 251-14-8779

Name: Robert Sumter

Birth Date: 30 March 1927

Death Date: November 1979

Issuing State: South Carolina

Death Benefit Place: Timmonsville,Florence,South Carolina 29161

SSN: 247-98-5604

Sure wish I had some dates to go by, especially for the kids because Johnson is so common a name. Did you, by any chance, mean NEHEMIAH instead of Nemier??

www.familysearch.org--SSDI

Recell PORTERFIELD  

    Birth Date: 7 Dec 1919  

    Death Date: Oct 1984  

    Social Security Number:  248-40-6515  

    State or Territory Where Number Was Issued:  South Carolina

   Death Residence Localities

    ZIP Code: 29205  

    Localities:  Columbia, Richland, South Carolina

  Five Points, Richland, South Carolina

Answer 3

Could this be your Robert?

Home in 1930: School District 10, Richland, South Carolina

Age: 13

Estimated Birth Year: abt 1917  

Relation to Head of House: Son  

Father's Name: Samuel

Mother's Name: Amie

:

Household Members: Name Age

Samuel Sumter 55  

Amie Sumter 55  

Sam J Sumter 14  

Robert Sumter 13  

John B Sumter 9  

Amie R Sumter 7  

   And by the way, most of the men who were in World War Two came back, had families and lived long lives afterward.