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ROBERT CLYDE YATES
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 13, 1950 – May 27, 1969
Service recordRobert Clyde Yates, of Hondo, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 27, 1969, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 5
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- October 13, 1950
- Home of record
- Hondo, Texas (Medina County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 27, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date May 27, 1969; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 178 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 5
- DENNIS LEE BABCOCKPrivate · May 28, 1969
- FLOYD EDWARD BARBERSpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
- DUDLEY JAMES BENEFIEL JRFirst Sergeant · May 28, 1969
- RONALD CHARLES BOOTHESpecialist Four · May 28, 1969
Same unit, same day
- MICHAEL EUGENE GERBERSpecialist Four · Panel 24W, Line 117
- DONNIE RAY HARLEYCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 1
- WILLIAM ARTHUR SEIGLECorporal · Panel 23W, Line 3
- CONRAD ANDREW SOVASergeant · Panel 23W, Line 3
- DAVID LEE TESSMERCorporal · Panel 23W, Line 4
From Hondo
- JOHN LUTHER CHAMBERSSpecialist Four · April 4, 1968
- GEORGE RICHARD PROCTORStaff Sergeant · June 1, 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.