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ROBERT W BATES
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
August 4, 1947 – August 17, 1967
Service recordRobert W Bates, of Independence, Missouri, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 17, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 4 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 4
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- August 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Independence, Missouri (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 17, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date August 17, 1967; five of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 59 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 4
- ROBERT ROLAND WATROUSCorporal · August 16, 1967
- RONALD PAUL WINTERSFirst Lieutenant · August 16, 1967
- JOSEPH BENSONSpecialist Five · August 17, 1967
- JOHN CURTIS BURDENHospitalman · August 17, 1967
Same unit, same day
- STEVE DANIEL CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 5
- LOUIS ANTONIO COBARRUBIOPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 5
- KEITH WARREN F LIVERMOREPrivate First Class · Panel 25E, Line 7
- WILLIAM PHILIP REESECorporal · Panel 25E, Line 8
From Independence
- GARY ERCIL SOOTERPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
- RODGER LEON TRAMMELLLance Corporal · May 16, 1966
- JAMES NELSON CAGLEYSpecialist Four · November 23, 1966
- JAMES MICHAEL HOLSWORTHPrivate First Class · March 11, 1967
- CLAY SAMUEL TURNHAMPrivate First Class · July 1, 1967
- RAYMOND EUGENE ALLENSpecialist Four · August 21, 1967
- LARRY LEE BARKERCorporal · September 9, 1967
- JACK M YOUNGSLieutenant Colonel · December 6, 1967
- ROBERT CRAWFORD CAMPBELLPrivate First Class · December 10, 1967
- ALLAN EUGENE FOLLETTSpecialist Four · December 11, 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.