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ROBERT BURTON LECATES
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
November 17, 1945 – May 21, 1971
Service recordRobert Burton Lecates, of Florence, Alabama, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 46 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 46
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. Army
- Rank
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Utility/Observation Helicopter Pilot (100B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 5 INF DIV MECH
- Born
- November 17, 1945
- Home of record
- Florence, Alabama (Lauderdale County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1971
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1971; 31 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “5 INF DIV MECH”, his unit in the record, lost 40 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 46
- WILLIAM MICHAEL KENEDYSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
- CHARLES NORBERT KOWALKSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
- KARL JOSEPH LAVALLEEPrivate First Class · May 21, 1971
- DAVID BENJAMIN MATYKIEWICZSpecialist Four · May 21, 1971
Same unit, same day
- MARCUS EUGENE ARNESONPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 43
- VINCENT MARIO BENEDETTIPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 43
- RANDALL JOHN GLASSPOOLESpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 43
- CHARLES MARION CRAWFORDSergeant Major · Panel 3W, Line 44
- ALVIN CHRISTOPHER CURRYSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 44
- THOMAS FRANCIS DELEHANTSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 44
- JOE FRANK GAYOSSOPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 44
- COLUMBUS VIRGLE GROSSSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 45
- BILLY DALE HERRINGSergeant · Panel 3W, Line 45
- WILLIAM HAROLD HJORTHSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 45
- WILLIAM CLARENCE JENNINGSSergeant First Class · Panel 3W, Line 45
- WILLIAM MICHAEL KENEDYSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 46
- CHARLES NORBERT KOWALKSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 46
- KARL JOSEPH LAVALLEEPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 46
- STEVEN MICHAEL MITCHELLSpecialist Five · Panel 3W, Line 47
- JOHN HENRY NAJMOLASpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 47
- LEO CLARK OATMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 47
- JEROME ANDREW OLSONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 47
- OSIER LAWRENCE PRUITTSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 48
- ALBERTO ANTONIO RAMIREZPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 48
- WILLIAM SAYLOR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 48
- WILLIAM TAFT SMITHPrivate First Class · Panel 3W, Line 48
- J C SUMMERLINSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 48
- BENNIE LEE NORTHStaff Sergeant · Panel 3W, Line 49
From Florence
- PHILLIP DON CHILDERSFirst Lieutenant · May 28, 1965
- FELIX DELOACH KING JRSecond Lieutenant · November 6, 1965
- SAMUEL EARL COKERPrivate · November 14, 1965
- ROBERT LEE MCCAIGSpecialist Four · May 8, 1966
- ROGER JERREL BRYANTPrivate First Class · November 12, 1966
- PAUL ONEAL BROWNStaff Sergeant · November 20, 1966
- JAMES LARRY EVANSFirst Lieutenant · March 22, 1967
- DANNY JOE WILSONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1966
- RICHARD J GLENNFirst Lieutenant · February 8, 1968
- EDWARD LEE BROCKSpecialist Four · May 6, 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.