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ROBERT EMIL RATH
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 8, 1948 – June 26, 1969
Service recordRobert Emil Rath, of Austin, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 26, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 19
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Repairer (62B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 103 ENG CO 46 ENG BN 159 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- June 8, 1948
- Home of record
- Austin, Texas (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 26, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date June 26, 1969; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 19
- JERRY ALLEN NICHOLSSpecialist Five · June 26, 1969
- JAMES LEO PLUMLEE JRSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
- WILLIAM HENRY RODDICKPrivate First Class · June 26, 1969
- OTIS JAMES RUCKSSpecialist Four · June 26, 1969
From Austin
- RONNY LOUIS WOODMANSEEFirst Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- NATHANAEL LEEPrivate First Class · June 29, 1965
- VICTOR FLORES JRLance Corporal · August 18, 1965
- JOHN PAUL ROLANDLance Corporal · August 24, 1965
- JOE MORENOPrivate First Class · December 10, 1965
- ALLEN ROBERT SPINKSSpecialist Four · January 4, 1966
- ERIC SACKETTPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- KENNETH DEE GILMOREFirst Lieutenant · January 31, 1966
- DANIEL TIENDACorporal · March 21, 1966
- THOMAS HOWARD CARUTHERSPrivate · April 18, 1966
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.