Who is Sergeant Robert L. Daniels from Bloods: An Oral History of the Vietnam War by Black Veterans and what is their importance?

Robert is very poor and is raised by his grandparents on the south side of Chicago. He lives with fourteen other children and does not have his first real birthday party until he turns 19 and goes into the service. Robert has never been away from home and is scared the entire time he is in the military. In Vietnam Robert does not trust any of the Vietnamese and stays out of the villages for the first seven months of his tour. With only a month left to go on his tour Robert is asked to drive an Amtrac into the field because he is the only available sergeant. The track hits a mine and Robert is blown into the air. Robert undergoes several surgeries but the scars are so massive that no one will hire him back at home. He is frustrated that the country he fought for helps the Vietnamese immigrants but will not give him disability benefits. Robert feels that he gave part of his body to Vietnam but lost his whole life.