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THOMAS HARRY ROBERTSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
June 11, 1946 – April 12, 1969
Service recordThomas Harry Robertson, of Blue Island, Illinois, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 27W, Line 66 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27W · Line 66
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- June 11, 1946
- Home of record
- Blue Island, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In April 1969, 1,023 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 76 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27W, Line 66
- CHARLES LEWIS LIPTAKPrivate First Class · April 12, 1969
- WALTER LEO PRITCHARD JRLieutenant Colonel · April 12, 1969
- DONALD GEORGE RESPECKISergeant · April 12, 1969
- MICHAEL LAVERN SMITHSpecialist Four · April 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- STAMATIOS G ALEXANDER JRSecond Lieutenant · Panel 27W, Line 61
- ROBERT CARL KINGSergeant · Panel 27W, Line 65
- MICHAEL LAVERN SMITHSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 66
- MILES D TOUCHBERRY JRSpecialist Four · Panel 27W, Line 68
From Blue Island
- LOUIS XAVIER CABRERA JRPrivate First Class · June 18, 1966
- RAMIRO MANRIQUE JRSpecialist Four · July 11, 1966
- WILLIAM WALLINGFireman · October 26, 1966
- MILTON EMMETT PRESCOTT JRSergeant · April 30, 1967
- DONALD LEE PERILLOPrivate First Class · April 4, 1968
- ROBERT ALLEN ENGELSENPetty Officer Third Class · May 1, 1968
- JAMES RAYMOND HOCKETTFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1968
- VERNEL COLLINSSergeant First Class · April 30, 1970
- WAYNE BIBBSPrivate First Class · June 11, 1972
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.