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ROBERT ANTHONY BATES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
January 3, 1942 – October 22, 1966
Service recordRobert Anthony Bates, of Lake Forest, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 22, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 96 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 96
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
- First Lieutenant (1STLT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Officer (I) (0302)
- Born
- January 3, 1942
- Home of record
- Lake Forest, Illinois (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 22, 1966
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date October 22, 1966; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1966, 516 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 96
- ROBERT SMITH SRSergeant · October 21, 1966
- JOHN OLAF SUNDQUISTPrivate First Class · October 21, 1966
- BOYD WELLINGTON ANDERSONSergeant · October 22, 1966
- WILLIAM LLOYD CRAWFORDLance Corporal · October 22, 1966
From Lake Forest
- WILLIAM ALLEN RAWSONSecond Lieutenant · June 2, 1967
- CARL SPAUL THORNE-THOMSENPrivate First Class · October 25, 1967
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.