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TOMMY WAYNE ROBERTSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
January 28, 1949 – September 22, 1970
Service recordTommy Wayne Robertson, of Big Sandy, Texas, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on September 22, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 7W, Line 84 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 7W · Line 84
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Big Sandy, Texas (Upshur County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 22, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
14 names on the Wall carry the date September 22, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In September 1970, 364 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 7W, Line 84
- JOHNNY CARROLL JONESPetty Officer Third Class · September 22, 1970
- HAROLD BRUCE KIMBROUGHFirst Lieutenant · September 22, 1970
- NATALIE NOWACZYNSKIStaff Sergeant · September 22, 1970
- JOHN DABNEY BASSCorporal · September 23, 1970
Same unit, same day
- NATALIE NOWACZYNSKIStaff Sergeant · Panel 7W, Line 84
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.