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JOHNNY BILL ROBERTSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
January 1, 1946 – June 8, 1969
Service recordJohnny Bill Robertson JR, of Gainesville, Georgia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 23W, Line 114 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 23W · Line 114
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)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- January 1, 1946
- Home of record
- Gainesville, Georgia (Hall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 23W, Line 114
- MELVILLE ALBERT LURTH JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- JAMES ALFRED PERSONPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
- ROBERT ROY SHERIDANSergeant · June 8, 1969
- DEANE FRANKLYN SMITH JRPrivate First Class · June 8, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALBERT DANNY OWENSWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 23W, Line 113
From Gainesville
- RONALD CLEVELAND CLARKSpecialist Four · June 22, 1967
- NICKLOS BYRON JANESSergeant · November 4, 1967
- ANTHONY EDWIN ELLIOTTSpecialist Four · January 30, 1968
- LARRY BRYSON HULSEYSergeant · February 6, 1968
- FORREST GOUDELOCKSergeant · April 19, 1968
- WILBUR FLORENCE MATTOXPrivate First Class · April 25, 1968
- LUFKIN SCOTT SHARPCaptain · June 19, 1968
- CLAUDE TILLMAN ROPERSpecialist Four · October 3, 1968
- GEORGE LAMAR YOUNGSpecialist Four · November 25, 1968
- JACKIE RAY MCKENZIECorporal · May 6, 1969
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.