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ROBERT MERLIN ROBERTSON
Sergeant · U.S. Air Force
May 20, 1947 – January 27, 1970
Service recordRobert Merlin Robertson, of Raleigh, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Air Force. He died on January 27, 1970, in Thailand, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 103 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 103
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- May 20, 1947
- Home of record
- Raleigh, North Carolina (Wake County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 27, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Country
- Thailand
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date January 27, 1970. In January 1970, 529 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The record places this loss in Thailand, outside South Vietnam.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 12W, Line 103
- DALE ARTHUR ERDMANSergeant · April 7, 1970
- PAUL JOSEPH FRINKSergeant · April 7, 1970
- JOHN EDWIN HILLFirst Lieutenant · April 7, 1970
- HARRY DANIEL JOJOLAStaff Sergeant · April 7, 1970
- WILLIAM WALTER KLEFFMANPrivate First Class · April 7, 1970
From Raleigh
- WILLIAM EDWARD DAVIS JRSecond Lieutenant · December 10, 1965
- CHARLES EDWARD ALSTONPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- LEE ARTHUR MOORE JRSpecialist Four · March 30, 1966
- EDWARD SHEPHERDPlatoon Sergeant · May 21, 1966
- JOHN B DAVIS IIISpecialist Four · July 7, 1966
- WAYLAND DUNN JRSergeant · August 14, 1966
- LEON GORDON CHADWICK IIICaptain · November 14, 1966
- JAMES EDWARD OXLEYFirst Lieutenant · November 26, 1966
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · December 4, 1966
- DONALD FRANK RHODESPrivate · January 7, 1967
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.