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MERLE ELDON ROBERTSON
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 13, 1949 – September 10, 1968
Service recordMerle Eldon Robertson, of Campbell, California, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on September 10, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 44W, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44W · Line 18
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
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 13, 1949
- Home of record
- Campbell, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date September 10, 1968; ten of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 44W, Line 18
- HOWARD HENRY LUSCIERLance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- NICHOLAS MARINO IIILance Corporal · September 10, 1968
- ALAN JAMES MEISHEIDPrivate First Class · September 10, 1968
- HAROLD EUGENE MOSELEYCorporal · September 10, 1968
From Campbell
- JAMES ALVIN ELLISTechnical Sergeant · May 10, 1963
- DAVID WAYNE NORTHUPPetty Officer Third Class · February 1, 1967
- HAROLD BRUCE BARTONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1967
- DENNY ALBERT BATTYSpecialist Four · December 12, 1967
- CARL EDWARD ABNERLance Corporal · December 27, 1967
- GARY LEE TALLEYLance Corporal · March 5, 1968
- MICHAEL DALE KALBLance Corporal · March 16, 1968
- JAMES WAYNE STARKEYSergeant · May 21, 1968
- GARY RAY RALPHPrivate First Class · August 16, 1968
- GERALD MICHAEL DUARTEPrivate First Class · September 6, 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.