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ROBERT FRANCIS COTE
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 10, 1948 – April 5, 1967
Service recordRobert Francis Cote, of Lawrence, Massachusetts, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 5, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 102 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 102
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- July 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Lawrence, Massachusetts (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 5, 1967
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date April 5, 1967; 12 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 102
- HENRY JOHN DROZDOWSKI JRPrivate First Class · January 13, 1967
- GUY ALBERT BYRDSergeant First Class · April 5, 1967
- HAROLD LEROY CARVERPrivate First Class · April 5, 1967
- THOMAS EUGENE COMBSLance Corporal · April 5, 1967
- REX LEE CRAIGCaptain · April 5, 1967
From Lawrence
- JAMES AUGUSTINE STCYRLance Corporal · March 26, 1966
- JOSEPH THOMAS GILE JRPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- PAUL DANIEL GUIMONDPrivate First Class · October 28, 1966
- GERALD FRANCIS CURRIERCaptain · November 4, 1966
- DAVID FRANCIS DEVOESergeant First Class · November 7, 1966
- MARTIN JOSEPH SULLIVANLieutenant Commander · February 12, 1967
- DENNIS JOHN MANNIONPrivate First Class · May 5, 1967
- RICHARD JOSEPH GILBERTCorporal · August 12, 1967
- LAWRENCE JOHN FARELLIMajor · February 18, 1968
- GREGORY PATRICK KENTLance Corporal · March 28, 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.