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ROBERT GEORGE KEATS
Captain · U.S. Army
April 18, 1944 – February 2, 1968
Service recordRobert George Keats, of Evanston, Illinois, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1968, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 36E, Line 76 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36E · Line 76
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 18, 1944
- Home of record
- Evanston, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1968
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
130 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1968; three of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 164 of its members that month.
He died in Bien Hoa Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 36E, Line 76
- KENDRICK KING KELLEY IIICaptain · February 2, 1968
- ROGER EDWARD KELLYLance Corporal · February 2, 1968
- RAYMOND EUGENE KRAMERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
- JOHN FREDERICK KUIPERPrivate First Class · February 2, 1968
Same unit, same day
- CHARLES JAMES BAUER JRPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 65
- IRVIN BROWNSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 66
- ROBERT L CHAPMANPrivate · Panel 36E, Line 67
- QUENTIN WAYNE BINDERSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 70
- GARY LEE GABELSergeant · Panel 36E, Line 71
- KENNETH EDWARD GOLDENSecond Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 72
- GUY RICHARD HIVELYSergeant First Class · Panel 36E, Line 74
- FRED WALTER JANSONIUSPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 74
- DOUGLAS EDWARD HOBACKCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 75
- SAMUEL GREEN HURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 36E, Line 75
- RALPH AINSWORTH KEATINGPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 75
- ELOY FELIPE ESTE LEBLANCCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 77
- ROBERT ANTONIO REYESPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 77
- ROY LEE PHILLIPSCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 82
- GARY STUART POSCOVERCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 82
- VINCENT P LANDONCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 83
- SELMER ERNEST SALVESONPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 85
- DONALD BRUCE SMALLFirst Lieutenant · Panel 36E, Line 86
- JACK CLINTON TAYLORCorporal · Panel 36E, Line 86
- PAUL ALAN STENDERPrivate First Class · Panel 36E, Line 87
- KENNETH JERRY WILLIAMSSergeant · Panel 37E, Line 2
- JACK PYEATT WILSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 37E, Line 2
From Evanston
- RICHARD FRANK WALLACECaptain · August 24, 1965
- JAMES E FULLERPrivate · June 22, 1966
- STEPHEN ARTHUR ANDERSONLance Corporal · September 25, 1966
- MICHAEL CHARLES DOYLEFirst Lieutenant · November 7, 1966
- LEE OWENS WHITE JRSpecialist Four · November 21, 1966
- NELSON SAYLER LEHMAN JRCaptain · March 7, 1967
- CLAYTON WINSLOW JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · May 26, 1967
- ALLAN JOSEPH HERMANSecond Lieutenant · September 10, 1967
- ALBERT JEAN MITCHELLPrivate First Class · March 6, 1968
- JOSEPH HENRY BYRNEMajor · March 13, 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.