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CHARLES WILLIAM ROBERTSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
December 27, 1932 – January 9, 1967
Service recordCharles William Robertson, of Malden, Massachusetts, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 9, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 2
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- December 27, 1932
- Home of record
- Malden, Massachusetts (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 9, 1967
- Age
- 34
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date January 9, 1967; seven of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 2
- LARRY JOSEPH NEHRINGLance Corporal · January 9, 1967
- BOBBY JOE QUINNPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- DONALD RADFORD ROBERSONPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- CECIL TRUMAN THOMPSONStaff Sergeant · January 9, 1967
From Malden
- JOHN F WADENPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- PETER MICHAEL SULLIVANPrivate First Class · February 8, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD MEUSEPrivate First Class · May 3, 1967
- EDWIN JAMES CASALETTOStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- RAYMOND ALBERT GIGNACMaster Sergeant · January 19, 1968
- RODNEY ARTHUR ALFANOFirst Lieutenant · February 2, 1968
- SAMUEL JAMES RUMSON JRPrivate First Class · March 8, 1968
- DAVID EDWARD GREGOIRELance Corporal · March 20, 1968
- WILLIAM JOSE SHORTSLEEVESSpecialist Four · March 25, 1968
- WILLIAM PAUL HURLEY JRMajor · March 29, 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.