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BRISTOL ROBERTSON JR
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
July 25, 1948 – October 29, 1967
Service recordBristol Robertson JR, of Roxbury, Massachusetts, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on October 29, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 98 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 98
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Assaultman (0351)
- Born
- July 25, 1948
- Home of record
- Roxbury, Massachusetts (Suffolk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 29, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date October 29, 1967; nine of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 98
- CARLYLE B POMEROY JRSeaman Apprentice · October 29, 1967
- JAMES LAWRENCE PREZIOSIPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
- FORREST DEVERE RAINS JRWarrant Officer 1 · October 29, 1967
- JOHN CORWIN YAGERPrivate First Class · October 29, 1967
From Roxbury
- MARTIN FRANCIS KILLILEASpecialist Four · May 16, 1966
- ISAAC JONESPrivate First Class · June 25, 1966
- JOSEPH WESLEY DUNNPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- JOSEPH DENNIS MCNULTYPrivate First Class · September 19, 1966
- SIDNEY DANIEL LANE JRSergeant · April 29, 1967
- WALTER WILLIAM MORGANLance Corporal · October 4, 1967
- DUDLEY NORMAN JORDANSergeant · October 19, 1967
- ROBERT EDWARD PRESTONSpecialist Four · February 12, 1968
- RODNEY W JOHNSONStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- ROBERT GEORGE HARRISSpecialist Four · April 12, 1968
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.