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ROBERT ALAN YATES
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 13, 1950 – December 21, 1969
Service recordRobert Alan Yates, of Roseville, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on December 21, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 81 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 81
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Administrative Man (0141)
- Born
- December 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Roseville, California (Placer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 21, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date December 21, 1969; eight of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 81
- THADDEUS M YONIKA JRWarrant Officer 1 · December 21, 1969
- DONALD DEANE BURRIS JRChief Warrant Officer 2 · December 22, 1969
- FRANK HALL JRLance Corporal · December 22, 1969
- JAMES EDWARD KENNEDYStaff Sergeant · December 22, 1969
From Roseville
- MARIANO R NEGRANZA JRPrivate First Class · April 7, 1966
- JACK MARSTON HARRISSergeant · May 15, 1967
- DANNY KAYE RICHSpecialist Five · May 6, 1968
- JAMES ERVIN BOOTHMajor · June 23, 1968
- LESLIE WILLIAM ROYALL IIIHospitalman · July 7, 1968
- JOHN VINSON OCONNOR JRGunnery Sergeant · December 9, 1968
- BRUCE WAYNE BRACELance Corporal · March 30, 1970
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.