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JAMES WAYNE ROBERTSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 19, 1949 – November 6, 1969
Service recordJames Wayne Robertson, of New Orleans, Louisiana, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 6, 1969, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 37
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ammunition Specialist (55B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- June 19, 1949
- Home of record
- New Orleans, Louisiana
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 6, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 6, 1969; ten of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 37
- DONALD ALAN CLARBOURSpecialist Four · November 6, 1969
- RONALD LAWRENCE DELONGCorporal · November 6, 1969
- ROBERT ALFRED DONDEROSergeant Major · November 6, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES SCHEELYPrivate First Class · November 6, 1969
From New Orleans
- GEORGE EDWARD FLYNN IIICaptain · September 23, 1964
- HARRY EMILUS ROWLEYSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- EPHRON WALLACE JRSpecialist Four · October 5, 1965
- ROBERT ANGELO SOLORZANOLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CARL STEPHEN DANIELSPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- HERMAN LOUIS JEFFERSON JRSpecialist Four · November 12, 1965
- EARL DUBOIS AULLSecond Lieutenant · November 17, 1965
- LAVINE JOHN BANKSSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOHNNY WILLIAM BOUINGTONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- RONALD FRANCIS RODMajor · December 4, 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.