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ROBERT ALFRED GATES
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 12, 1943 – January 26, 1968
Service recordRobert Alfred Gates, of North Palm Beach, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1968, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 35E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35E · Line 40
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- August 12, 1943
- Home of record
- North Palm Beach, Florida (Palm Beach County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1968; four of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 78 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35E, Line 40
- ROBERT RISLEY FRYERPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
- ALLEN GEIBSpecialist Five · January 26, 1968
- JIMMY LEROY JOHNSON JRSergeant · January 26, 1968
- BYRON CLIFTON LOLLARPrivate First Class · January 26, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT DON FAIRESSpecialist Four · Panel 35E, Line 38
- HOWARD FRANKLIN COLES JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 35E, Line 39
- HARRY SAMUEL FITEZ JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35E, Line 39
From North Palm Beach
- RONALD CHARLES OSBORNESecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
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.