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BOBBY LEE ROBERTSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 3, 1952 – December 5, 1970
Service recordBobby Lee Robertson, of Greer, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1970, in Khanh Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 108 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 108
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- General Vehicle Repairman (63C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 FIELD FORCE
- Born
- January 3, 1952
- Home of record
- Greer, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1970
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Khanh Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Died of other causes
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1970; two of them were lost in Khanh Hoa Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 FIELD FORCE”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 108
- DAVID JOHN SCHMERBECKColonel · October 2, 1970
- WAYNE LEE KENTPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- SAI GIN LEWPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- RANDY DAVID RAYPrivate First Class · December 5, 1970
- BRUCE WAYNE SPRINGSergeant · December 5, 1970
From Greer
- AUSTIN LEON DRUMMONDSpecialist Four · May 21, 1966
- FRANKLIN DELANO WATERSTechnical Sergeant · May 19, 1966
- RONNIE EUGENE NORRISPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- ALLAN GEORGE BARNESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1968
- DONNIE RAY CHASTAINSergeant · February 28, 1970
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.