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ALVIN WARNER ROBERTSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 7, 1948 – December 28, 1968
Service recordAlvin Warner Robertson, of Twinsburg, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1968, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 36W, Line 87 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 36W · Line 87
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 7, 1948
- Home of record
- Twinsburg, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
27 names on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1968; two of them were lost in Kien Hoa Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 75 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 36W, Line 87
- RICHARD CARL PUGHWarrant Officer 1 · December 28, 1968
- CLYDE ALVIN REITERSergeant · December 28, 1968
- DONALD J SHANGWarrant Officer 1 · December 28, 1968
- JOSEPH GORDON TAYLORSpecialist Four · December 28, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD WAYNE BRUTSCHERCorporal · Panel 36W, Line 83
- WILLIAM EDWIN FERGUSONCaptain · Panel 36W, Line 84
- JOSEPH RICHARD TWIGG JRPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 1
From Twinsburg
- PATRICK CLINTON MORTUSSergeant · January 14, 1968
- DONALD JOSEPH MALICEKCorporal · May 18, 1969
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.