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PAUL ALLEN ROBERTSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 3, 1945 – December 6, 1965
Service recordPaul Allen Robertson, of Mendenhall, Mississippi, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1965, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3E, Line 136 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3E · Line 136
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 (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 3, 1945
- Home of record
- Mendenhall, Mississippi (Simpson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1965
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1965. In December 1965, 326 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3E, Line 136
- JOHN THOMAS STICHERWarrant Officer 1 · December 6, 1965
- JOHN WILLIAM FREDERICK JRChief Warrant Officer 4 · December 7, 1965
- THOMAS PATRICK LAVINLance Corporal · December 7, 1965
- JAMES DONALD SALACaptain · December 7, 1965
Same unit, same day
- DAYMON DONALD HORNStaff Sergeant · Panel 3E, Line 135
From Mendenhall
- GLENN ALEXANDER KENNEDYPlatoon Sergeant · May 6, 1966
- JERRY ROE GRUBBSPrivate First Class · April 20, 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.