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ANDREW JAMES ROBERTSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 16, 1945 – November 2, 1966
Service recordAndrew James Robertson, of Gary, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 2, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 12E, Line 11 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12E · Line 11
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 16, 1945
- Home of record
- Gary, Indiana (Lake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 2, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date November 2, 1966. In November 1966, 641 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12E, Line 11
- AUGUSTINE LOPEZ JRLance Corporal · November 2, 1966
- GILMAN WILLIAM MCKAYLance Corporal · November 2, 1966
- JESSE SAMARIPAPrivate First Class · November 2, 1966
- BARRY RUSSELL WOODSpecialist Four · November 2, 1966
Same unit, same day
- CARL FRANKLIN GARRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 12E, Line 10
From Gary
- JOHN ROBERT ACKERMANPrivate First Class · November 16, 1965
- TOM WILLIE BROWNSergeant · December 4, 1965
- JACK ELSWORTH LOCKEPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- ROBERT LOPEZPrivate First Class · March 1, 1966
- JAMES LEE EMMARTPrivate First Class · June 20, 1966
- RICHARD WAYNE MCGEECorporal · July 1, 1966
- VICTOR MORALESPrivate First Class · August 1, 1966
- JOHN PETER SKORO JRFirst Lieutenant · September 13, 1966
- JOHN GREEN DICKERSON IIIPrivate · October 5, 1966
- JAMES E NUNLEYSpecialist Four · December 27, 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.