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MARSHALL EUGENE ROBERTSON
Sergeant First Class · U.S. Army
August 28, 1935 – August 26, 1969
Service recordMarshall Eugene Robertson, of Portsmouth, Virginia, served as a Sergeant First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on August 26, 1969, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 19W, Line 122 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19W · Line 122
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
- Sergeant First Class (SFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 28, 1935
- Home of record
- Portsmouth, Virginia (Portsmouth (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 26, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
38 names on the Wall carry the date August 26, 1969; seven of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 74 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 19W, Line 122
- HERMAN RICHARDSON JRSergeant Major · August 26, 1969
- RUBEN RIVERALance Corporal · August 26, 1969
- ROGER EDWARD ROBICHAUDSergeant · August 26, 1969
- ALFRED DARNELL RUTHPrivate First Class · August 26, 1969
Same unit, same day
- DENNIS JOHN CANNITOSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 117
- MERLIN JOSEPH CRAIGSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 118
- NORMAN RALPH HETZELSergeant · Panel 19W, Line 119
- WILLIAM GLENN HOWELLSpecialist Four · Panel 19W, Line 119
- DONALD ERWIN NELSONCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 121
- RUSSELL ALLEN TAYLORCorporal · Panel 19W, Line 123
From Portsmouth
- NORMAN ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · February 20, 1965
- RICHARD DALE BRODAPrivate First Class · November 20, 1965
- JESSE THOMAS BAILEY JRSergeant · February 2, 1966
- THOMAS HENRY RHODESPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- DONALD CHANDLER PIPERPrivate First Class · February 24, 1966
- MILTON LEE VAUGHANPrivate First Class · August 27, 1966
- WALTER WILLIAMS JRSergeant · September 25, 1966
- MELVIN LEON SHERRELLSpecialist Four · December 13, 1966
- FRANK EARLE HARDYLance Corporal · May 29, 1967
- FRED ALLAN KELLEYSpecialist Four · July 10, 1967
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.