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ROBERT LOUIS ATKINSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 3, 1948 – March 26, 1969
Service recordRobert Louis Atkinson JR, of Clarkston, Michigan, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 26, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 28W, Line 42 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28W · Line 42
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
- July 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Clarkston, Michigan (Oakland County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 26, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
71 names on the Wall carry the date March 26, 1969; two of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 22 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28W, Line 42
- ANTONIO LOPEZ ALHOSergeant · March 26, 1969
- MICHAEL ROGER BALLLance Corporal · March 26, 1969
- DONALD EUGENE BARNETTStaff Sergeant · March 26, 1969
- PATRICK HENRY BENZESpecialist Four · March 26, 1969
From Clarkston
- BURTON CHARLES MONTROSSStaff Sergeant · February 23, 1966
- JAMES DEVRIN CARTERWarrant Officer 1 · June 13, 1968
- DAVID FREEMAN HEADPrivate First Class · January 22, 1969
- HAROLD LEE MACDONALDSpecialist Four · September 15, 1970
- RICHARD ALLEN TAYLORSpecialist Five · September 26, 1970
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.