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ROBERT ALLAN ATER
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 27, 1944 – August 17, 1970
Service recordRobert Allan Ater, of Canton, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- September 27, 1944
- Home of record
- Canton, Ohio (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1970
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1970; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 23 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 117
- RAUL RIVERASpecialist Four · August 16, 1970
- ROBERT LOUIS SCHOFIELDStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1970
- STEPHEN ALLEN SHARPStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1970
- GARY LEE WASHENIKStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PAUL ALLEN DEMALINESpecialist Four · Panel 8W, Line 118
From Canton
- JAMES PRESTON COATSSergeant · January 25, 1966
- WILLIAM HAROLD BORDNERLieutenant Colonel · February 16, 1966
- PAUL ALLEN HAINESLance Corporal · April 2, 1966
- JURIS PUDULSSpecialist Four · June 24, 1966
- RONALD K GRAYLance Corporal · June 25, 1966
- FRANK PAUL HUDAKPrivate First Class · August 25, 1966
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
- THOMAS RALPH MURPHYFirst Lieutenant · November 6, 1966
- ROBERT LEE BORGERPrivate First Class · November 22, 1966
- JAMES NELSON WYMERPrivate First Class · December 15, 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.