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RAYMOND L ROBERTSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 2, 1950 – May 29, 1970
Service recordRaymond L Robertson JR, of Butte, Montana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on May 29, 1970, in Binh Thuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 10W, Line 118 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10W · Line 118
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)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- February 2, 1950
- Home of record
- Butte, Montana (Silver Bow County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 29, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Thuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date May 29, 1970; he was the only one lost in Binh Thuy Province that day. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10W, Line 118
- JERRY REED JOHNSONSergeant · May 29, 1970
- JOHN MARQUEZSergeant · May 29, 1970
- DALE REISINGFirst Lieutenant · May 29, 1970
- GLENN DALE RICKERTCaptain · May 29, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DANNIE LEE HAWKINSSergeant · Panel 10W, Line 117
From Butte
- JOSEPH E PARKER JRMajor · June 30, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN JANHUNENPrivate First Class · September 2, 1966
- RAYMOND DALE HOERNERSpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- WESTON HENRY REECECorporal · January 13, 1967
- RONALD GREGORY BABICHCaptain · June 2, 1967
- DENNIS WAYNE SONSTENGPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WILLIAM CAWLEYSeaman · March 14, 1968
- FLORIAN J ZAHNStaff Sergeant · May 21, 1968
- MARVIN KENT ROBERTSONPrivate First Class · June 25, 1968
- GREGORY PHILLIP HELSLEYPetty Officer Second Class · July 23, 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.