Rank: Staff Sergeant
Unit: I Troop, 3rd Squadron, 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment
MOS: 11B – Infantryman
Awards: Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Vietnam Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Badges: Combat Infantryman Badge
Unit awards: Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm device
Enlisted by: Selected Service
Date of birth: 3-Feb-1949
Hometown: Westbrook, Maine
Marital status: Never Married
Campaign: Vietnam Conflict
Entered service: 26-Jun-1968
Start of tour: 22-Jun-1969
Incident date: 25-Nov-1969
Date of casualty: 25-Nov-1969
Age at death: 20
Cause of death: Hostile, died. Unknown. Other causes.
Robert John Nadeau was killed while commander of a military vehicle on a combat operation when a hostile force was encountered. / Tank commander on Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicle (ACAV) on reconnaissance mission. Engaged hostile force in firefight.
Three Blackhorse troopers died in this incident:
PFC Edward James Cormier
SSG Robert John Nadeau
SP4 Roger Bernard Schaefer
Location of fatality: Binh Long, South Vietnam, XT 543 842
Place of interment: Saint Hyacinth Cemetery, Westbrook, Maine, USA
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