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ROBERT MATHEW CATES JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 20, 1947 – August 13, 1968
Service recordRobert Mathew Cates JR, of Las Vegas, Nevada, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 13, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 48W, Line 5 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 48W · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- December 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Las Vegas, Nevada (Clark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 13, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date August 13, 1968; eight of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 48W, Line 5
- MARCUS RAY ASPLUNDWarrant Officer 1 · August 13, 1968
- LUTHER BETHEA JRPrivate First Class · August 13, 1968
- DANNY CURTIS CASEYWarrant Officer 1 · August 13, 1968
- LONNIE ELLERBE JRLance Corporal · August 13, 1968
Same unit, same day
- TERRY RICHARD HINKLESpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 6
- JIMMIE LYNN KRATZBERGPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 6
- FRANCISCO XAVIER LICEAPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 7
- TERRY ROBERT MEYERSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 8
- EARNEST RANDALL MULLINSSergeant · Panel 48W, Line 8
- THOMAS RICHARD POLISKYPrivate First Class · Panel 48W, Line 8
- ROBERT WALTER WOODSSpecialist Four · Panel 48W, Line 10
From Las Vegas
- JERRY LAWSON GERRYCorporal · August 24, 1965
- ROBERT EARLE GAREYCorporal · June 2, 1966
- TERRY KENNETH WILKINSPrivate First Class · July 3, 1966
- PAUL LEO HEATERLance Corporal · August 23, 1966
- ALEXANDER THARPSpecialist Four · August 27, 1966
- LARRY ERWIN BURKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1967
- DAVID JAMISONLance Corporal · January 26, 1967
- DANIEL EUGENE HORTONSeaman · February 11, 1967
- JAMES LEE KRAMERSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- ROBERT JOHN HENRYSergeant · April 26, 1967
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.