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JOHN CHESTER ROBERTSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 13, 1940 – March 22, 1966
Service recordJohn Chester Robertson, of New Smyrna Beach, Florida, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 22, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 40 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 40
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Unit (as recorded)
- G CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- November 13, 1940
- Home of record
- New Smyrna Beach, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1966; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In March 1966, 564 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “G CO 2 BN 4 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 40
- JERRY MONROE MCWHORTERSergeant · March 22, 1966
- ROGER THOMAS OKAMOTOSecond Lieutenant · March 22, 1966
- RAYMOND WESLEY WILSONSergeant · March 22, 1966
- FRED YOUEL WRIGHT JRPrivate First Class · March 22, 1966
Same unit, same day
- EDWARD J DEVINCENT JRCorporal · Panel 6E, Line 38
- FRANK RYAN ESCHPrivate First Class · Panel 6E, Line 38
From New Smyrna Beach
- BILLY MAX CRAWFORDMaster Sergeant · November 6, 1966
- RUSSELL ALAN LEFFLERSpecialist Four · April 16, 1967
- KENNETH BRYAN MORRISSergeant · April 28, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH DEUERLINGSergeant · July 10, 1967
- WALTER SAMUEL HATHAWAYSpecialist Four · May 4, 1969
- FREDERICK OLEN JONESSergeant First Class · October 2, 1971
- DANIEL SCANLON BROOKERSergeant · November 15, 1971
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.