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GEORGE LORD ROBERTSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 1, 1946 – January 26, 1971
Service recordGeorge Lord Robertson, of Salisbury, Maryland, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 26, 1971, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 5W, Line 65 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5W · Line 65
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- May 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Salisbury, Maryland (Wicomico County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 26, 1971
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date January 26, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Tín Province that day. In January 1971, 259 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5W, Line 65
- JAMES PAUL MARKEY JRPrivate First Class · January 26, 1971
- WILLIAM DEO NICODEMUSSpecialist Four · January 26, 1971
- ROBERTO LUIS CANASCorporal · January 27, 1971
- JOHN MAUTZ NEILLCaptain · January 27, 1971
From Salisbury
- BARRIE VANE BARNESSpecialist Four · May 6, 1966
- CHARLES WALTER PARSONSStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1966
- JACK HOWARD SMITHPrivate First Class · March 13, 1967
- DON LEE SHOCKLEYLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- GEORGE THOMAS POWELLStaff Sergeant · April 24, 1967
- WILLIAM THOMAS PARKER IIIPrivate First Class · June 1, 1967
- ELMER NEAL DAVISPrivate · September 19, 1967
- JOHN DAVIS WILLINGHAMSpecialist Four · February 4, 1968
- ERNEST ARTHUR OLDSColonel · March 11, 1968
- GARY LEE BOUNDSPrivate First Class · May 5, 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.