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KENNETH LEE ROBERTSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 7, 1949 – November 30, 1970
Service recordKenneth Lee Robertson, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 30, 1970, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 100 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 100
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Medical Equipment Repairer (91A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- February 7, 1949
- Home of record
- Albuquerque, New Mexico (Bernalillo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 30, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
17 names on the Wall carry the date November 30, 1970; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 100
- FELIPE MORALESCorporal · November 30, 1970
- DENNIS MICHAEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · November 30, 1970
- ROGER WILBUR ANDERSON JRFirst Lieutenant · December 1, 1970
- ROBERT LAWRENCE BLACKWELLPrivate First Class · December 1, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CLARENCE EUGENE BAKERSergeant · Panel 6W, Line 97
- ROBERT ARTHUR BOJANEKSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 97
- DOUGLAS STEPHEN BRIDGERSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 97
- DONALD LEWIS GOLDENStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 98
- BENJAMIN ROY NELSON JRCorporal · Panel 6W, Line 99
- DENNIS MICHAEL SMITHStaff Sergeant · Panel 6W, Line 100
From Albuquerque
- RICHARD ELMER HAMILTONSergeant · October 6, 1962
- RICHARD EUGENE HEISTERFirst Lieutenant · June 2, 1965
- DONALD CHARLES PATCHCaptain · October 2, 1965
- LON M FLETCHERPrivate · October 5, 1965
- PEDRO PADILLASergeant · March 28, 1966
- WILLIAM LEROY WALTONPrivate First Class · April 25, 1966
- GEORGE DAYTON ADAMSSergeant · April 26, 1966
- JACOB HENRY FOWNERPrivate First Class · May 2, 1966
- JUAN DIEGO SANCHEZPrivate First Class · July 22, 1966
- BENNY SENAPrivate First Class · July 25, 1966
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.