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DAVID WILLIAM ROBERTSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 19, 1945 – June 27, 1968
Service recordDavid William Robertson, of Kearny, New Jersey, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 54W, Line 6 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 54W · Line 6
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- December 19, 1945
- Home of record
- Kearny, New Jersey (Hudson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
15 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1968; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 49 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 54W, Line 6
- CHARLES A GORDONPrivate First Class · June 27, 1968
- BENNIE EDWARD HODGESSergeant First Class · June 27, 1968
- JON WALTER LAYTON IIIFirst Lieutenant · June 27, 1968
- MANUEL TORRES LOPEZSergeant First Class · June 27, 1968
Same unit, same day
- VINCENT FRANK GIAMMARINOSergeant First Class · Panel 54W, Line 7
From Kearny
- THOMAS FRANK HORNBYCorporal · March 18, 1966
- THOMAS H WELSHSergeant First Class · May 16, 1966
- GEORGE EDWARD MATUSCSAKPrivate First Class · August 8, 1966
- MICHAEL WILLIAM SINIBALDICorporal · August 14, 1968
- MICHAEL FRANCIS BRANIN JRCorporal · November 13, 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.