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DON MARK ROBERTSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
December 19, 1948 – April 26, 1969
Service recordDon Mark Robertson, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 26, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 26W, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26W · Line 56
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- December 19, 1948
- Home of record
- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date April 26, 1969; nine of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 26W, Line 56
- RICKEY ALLEN PROCTORSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- JOHN FRANCIS QUINNPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
- SETH EARL RANDOLPHSpecialist Four · April 26, 1969
- FREDERIC LEE SCHRECONGOSTPrivate First Class · April 26, 1969
From Oklahoma City
- LAVESTER LEE WILLIAMSCaptain · March 23, 1963
- GORDON RICHARD BROWNCaptain · October 24, 1963
- CHARLES KENNETH SIDESLance Corporal · March 26, 1965
- FRANK PETER WATSONCaptain · June 18, 1965
- LARRY DREW HARVEYCorporal · October 3, 1965
- GARY HOWARD JONESPrivate First Class · October 14, 1965
- GEORGE RAY THOMPSONSergeant · December 12, 1965
- JEFF GOUDEAU JRPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- GARY RAY ARTMANSpecialist Four · February 18, 1966
- JERRY D LEWISSpecialist Four · March 16, 1966
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.