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ROBERT BATES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
August 22, 1950 – July 11, 1969
Service recordRobert Bates JR, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 11, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 98
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 22, 1950
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 11, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date July 11, 1969; 22 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1969, 834 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 98
- PATRICK LYNN BASILESergeant · July 11, 1969
- NORMAN HUBERT BLOOMFIELDSergeant · July 11, 1969
- MARK LEROY BRUNERPrivate First Class · July 11, 1969
- WILLIAM ROBERT BURT JRSpecialist Five · July 11, 1969
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.