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ROBERT ANDREW VANPATTEN
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
March 26, 1943 – November 25, 1967
Service recordRobert Andrew Vanpatten, of San Carlos, California, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 25, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 30E, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30E · Line 87
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Unit Commander (1193)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- March 26, 1943
- Home of record
- San Carlos, California (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 25, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date November 25, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In November 1967, 1,133 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 91 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30E, Line 87
- THOMAS CURTIS MAYSSergeant · November 25, 1967
- WOODROW DENNIS ADLERSpecialist Four · November 26, 1967
- JOHN BAXTER ALLENCorporal · November 26, 1967
- FRANK LEROY ALLRED JRHospitalman · November 26, 1967
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS REX ESTESPrivate First Class · Panel 30E, Line 84
- JOHN A GIBSONCorporal · Panel 30E, Line 84
- ROBERT LUCIAN MLYNARSKISecond Lieutenant · Panel 30E, Line 86
From San Carlos
- PRESTON JOHN SNYDERSpecialist Four · May 18, 1966
- DANA RICHARD KELLEYAirman First Class · January 9, 1967
- DAVID WHITTIER MORRILLLieutenant Colonel · March 18, 1967
- RICHARD ALDEN VINALSpecialist Four · April 15, 1967
- MERWIN LAMPHREY MORRILLLieutenant Colonel · August 21, 1967
- JOHN JOSEPH TISCORNIASpecialist Four · November 11, 1967
- BROCK ROWLAND SCHRAMMPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
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.