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ROBERT PAUL COTE
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 3, 1949 – May 21, 1970
Service recordRobert Paul Cote, of Tehachapi, California, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 21, 1970, in Cambodia, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 74 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 74
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 3, 1949
- Home of record
- Tehachapi, California (Kern County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 21, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Country
- Cambodia
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date May 21, 1970. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 127 of its members that month.
He died in Cambodia while the Cambodian incursion was under way. From 29 April to 30 June 1970, U.S. and South Vietnamese forces crossed into Cambodia to attack North Vietnamese base areas and supply caches; the announcement set off campus protests, including at Kent State.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 74
- LEON NELSON BOBOSpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- DONALD GENE BUSSESpecialist Four · May 21, 1970
- PATRICK FRANCIS CAWLEYWarrant Officer 1 · May 21, 1970
- JUANITO MAIQUEZ ESCANOSergeant · May 21, 1970
Same unit, same day
- PATRICK FRANCIS CAWLEYWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 10W, Line 74
- CHRIS ALBERT KEFFALOSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 76
From Tehachapi
- GILBERT LOUIS MITCHELLLieutenant Commander · March 6, 1968
- MANUEL CASARESPrivate First Class · June 6, 1968
- WILLIAM T ANDERSEN JRSergeant First Class · July 1, 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.