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CLIFTON BOYD ROBERTSON JR
Second Lieutenant · U.S. Marine Corps
October 7, 1944 – August 27, 1967
Service recordClifton Boyd Robertson JR, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 25E, Line 53 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 25E · Line 53
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
- Second Lieutenant (2NDLT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Basic Infantry Officer (0301)
- Born
- October 7, 1944
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 27, 1967
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date August 27, 1967; 11 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1967, 683 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 25E, Line 53
- FRANK MONTANO LEYVAPrivate First Class · August 27, 1967
- WILLIAM DOUGLAS MIGNINILance Corporal · August 27, 1967
- JESSE LOUIS MOORESpecialist Four · August 27, 1967
- TOMMY RALPH PETERSSpecialist Four · August 27, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.