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ROBERT ALLAN ROBERTSON
Captain · U.S. Army
December 12, 1945 – June 9, 1972
Service recordRobert Allan Robertson, of Saratoga, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on June 9, 1972, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 39
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
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Intelligence Officer (9307)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- December 12, 1945
- Home of record
- Saratoga, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 9, 1972
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Four names on the Wall carry the date June 9, 1972; two of them were lost in Pleiku Province. In June 1972, 88 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 9 of its members that month.
He died in Pleiku Province while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
Also on Panel 1W, Line 39
- RONALD EDWARD DOUGHTIEFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1972
- JEFFREY ALAN MAURERSpecialist Four · June 9, 1972
- ELVIS WELDON OSBORNE JRSergeant · June 9, 1972
- STEPHEN WILLIAM LYNCHCaptain · June 10, 1972
From Saratoga
- STEPHEN EDWARD MORGANWarrant Officer 1 · December 30, 1964
- DON RUE SAINSpecialist Four · July 29, 1966
- JAMES EUGENE BERARDSpecialist Four · February 14, 1967
- BARRY HENNETT WILLIAMSLance Corporal · September 19, 1967
- LEWIS STEVEN HALLSpecialist Four · January 10, 1971
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.