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JOHN CRAIG ROBERTSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 11, 1947 – May 23, 1968
Service recordJohn Craig Robertson, of Fremont, Nebraska, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 23, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 67E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 67E · Line 1
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 11, 1947
- Home of record
- Fremont, Nebraska (Dodge County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 23, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date May 23, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In May 1968, 2,418 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 71 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 67E, Line 1
- ROBERT DUVAL OWENSergeant First Class · May 23, 1968
- MARTIN LEE OWENSCorporal · May 23, 1968
- BILLY JOE PARRISHSergeant First Class · May 23, 1968
- LEONARDO RAMOS JRLance Corporal · May 23, 1968
From Fremont
- LARRY WILLIAM HOLTZSpecialist Five · November 12, 1966
- KENNETH LEE STEELPrivate First Class · February 28, 1967
- GENE LEANDER TWEHOUSHospitalman · September 17, 1967
- JACK CHARLES PLAHNPrivate First Class · February 9, 1968
- ROGER LEROY LANEPlatoon Sergeant · July 1, 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.