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TODD TATE III
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
January 14, 1946 – December 4, 1967
Service recordTodd Tate III, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1967, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31E · Line 39
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 14, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1967; seven of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In December 1967, 937 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 46 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31E, Line 39
- GREGORY ALLEN TUHOLSKIPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- EDDIE LEE WEEKFALLCorporal · December 4, 1967
- RONALD WILLIAMSPrivate First Class · December 4, 1967
- ALVESTER LEE WINSTONSergeant · December 4, 1967
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM TERRY ALLENFirst Lieutenant · Panel 31E, Line 32
- THOMAS PAUL CIECURASpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 32
- OMER PAUL DICKERSONPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 33
- WILLIAM ESSIE EMBRYPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 34
- ALBERT WILLIAM FRAZIERPrivate First Class · Panel 31E, Line 34
- WILLIAM YANCEY HADLEYSergeant · Panel 31E, Line 35
- CLYDE MARVIN LEESpecialist Four · Panel 31E, Line 36
- WOLFGANG TONY OTTO MOHLSpecialist Five · Panel 31E, Line 37
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 1965
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.