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ROBERT LEE PATE III
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 7, 1946 – March 23, 1967
Service recordRobert Lee Pate III, of Burlington, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 30
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 7, 1946
- Home of record
- Burlington, North Carolina (Alamance County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1967; four of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 17E, Line 30
- STEVEN RAY ANDERSONSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
- JOHN TERRENCE KINGLance Corporal · March 23, 1967
- LEROY EDWARD LEONARDCaptain · March 23, 1967
- RANDALL LAWRENCE PERRYSpecialist Four · March 23, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KEVIN MELBOURNE DAILEYSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 28
- WAYNE OLIVER GAYPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 29
- JOE A SAUCEDAPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 31
- MICHAEL DOUGLAS SCHULTZPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 32
From Burlington
- HAROLD LEE GUTHRIESpecialist Five · July 15, 1962
- JAMES LEROY GRAVESSpecialist Four · July 9, 1966
- ROBERT EDWARD PULLIAM JRSergeant · July 21, 1966
- KEMPER SWANSON BILLINGSPetty Officer First Class · October 29, 1966
- KENNETH FRANK UNDERWOODPrivate First Class · February 25, 1967
- FRANKIE DON WADESpecialist Four · March 25, 1967
- DENNIS LEE HALLPrivate First Class · June 28, 1967
- WILLIAM ROBERT BRAYSecond Lieutenant · October 9, 1967
- JOHN THOMAS WEBSTERPrivate First Class · January 10, 1968
- FRED REAVES JRSergeant · February 22, 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.