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JOE CARROL ROBERTSON
Captain · U.S. Air Force
November 12, 1936 – June 18, 1965
Service recordJoe Carrol Robertson, of Salinas, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 18, 1965, offshore, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 2E, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2E · Line 13
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Born
- November 12, 1936
- Home of record
- Salinas, California (Monterey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 18, 1965
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Offshore
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date June 18, 1965. In June 1965, 146 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 2E, Line 13
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT LAURENCE ARMONDCaptain · June 18, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- MELVIN HAROLD SUTHONSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
From Salinas
- ALTON EUGENE BAKERPrivate First Class · November 1, 1965
- DARELL GOODWIN FREEMANPrivate First Class · November 22, 1965
- ERNEST FELIPE LOSOYALance Corporal · December 19, 1965
- ROBERT LESTER MILLERLieutenant · March 7, 1967
- DANNY JOE KEITHCorporal · June 2, 1967
- GERALD LELAND POPPASergeant · August 1, 1968
- DAVID CHISUMPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- RICKY LYNN CORNELLSpecialist Four · November 14, 1968
- JAMES CLARK CARLSONPrivate First Class · November 23, 1968
- EUGENE MERLE CHRISTERCorporal · December 15, 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.