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ROBERT YATES SR
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
October 8, 1943 – October 17, 1967
Service recordRobert Yates SR, of Syracuse, New York, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 17, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 33 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 33
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (1371)
- Born
- October 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Syracuse, New York (Onondaga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 17, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
75 names on the Wall carry the date October 17, 1967; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 33
- JIMMY MAC BRASHERCaptain · September 28, 1966
- JOHN FREDERICK BARRLieutenant Commander · October 18, 1967
- CLAUDE CHARLES BETTYCorporal · October 18, 1967
- JOSEPH OTIS BOOKERPrivate First Class · October 18, 1967
From Syracuse
- EDWARD EUGENE KRUKOWSKICaptain · June 10, 1965
- JOHN STEVEN MICHALSKISergeant · October 31, 1965
- FRANCIS EDWARD VISCONTIMajor · November 22, 1965
- MARVIN MARK BELTSergeant · December 26, 1965
- JAMES VICTOR BIGTREECorporal · January 11, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY FODAROTechnical Sergeant · January 13, 1966
- WILLIAM M TARBELLPrivate · February 26, 1966
- WILLIAM GEORGE BLANCHARDPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- BERNARD JOSEPH GOSSColonel · April 23, 1966
- KEVIN MICHAEL FLAHERTYSecond Lieutenant · May 30, 1966
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.