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ROBERT GLENN ROBERTSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
September 23, 1940 – January 27, 1967
Service recordRobert Glenn Robertson, of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on January 27, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 26. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 88 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 88
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- September 23, 1940
- Home of record
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Allegheny County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1967
- Age
- 26
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
28 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1967; nine of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In January 1967, 638 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 88
- LAVLE JIMMY HALLLance Corporal · January 27, 1967
- LEROY W PEAGLERSergeant · January 27, 1967
- FRANK MOSS RHODESCorporal · January 27, 1967
- THOMAS QUICHOCHO SABLANStaff Sergeant · January 27, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT WAYNE MOOREPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 87
- THOMAS QUICHOCHO SABLANStaff Sergeant · Panel 14E, Line 88
- ROBERT VIRGIL THOMASPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 89
From Pittsburgh
- CLEVELAND WILLIAM GORDONMajor · January 7, 1964
- THEODORE ALAN WINOWITCHPrivate First Class · December 30, 1964
- CHARLES FREDRICK CLYDESDALELieutenant (junior grade) · March 15, 1965
- WILLIAM DONAVAN BENNINGStaff Sergeant · May 11, 1965
- FRANK HUFFORD BLANKSergeant · August 18, 1965
- JOHN L JEMISONPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- FRANK JOSEPH NADANY JRSergeant First Class · October 31, 1965
- RUSSELL EARL HAMMONDSergeant First Class · November 5, 1965
- HARRY FRANCIS JEDRZEJEWSKIPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- RONALD JOSEPH LOERLEINSergeant · November 25, 1965
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.