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WILLIAM LEE ROBERTSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 11, 1924 – July 12, 1966
Service recordWilliam Lee Robertson, of Barberton, Ohio, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 12, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 41. His name is inscribed on Panel 9E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9E · Line 18
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- October 11, 1924
- Home of record
- Barberton, Ohio (Summit County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 12, 1966
- Age
- 41
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Heart Related
Context · from the records
What was happening
Six names on the Wall carry the date July 12, 1966. In July 1966, 562 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 9E, Line 18
- GEORGE HENRY WILKINSCommander · July 11, 1966
- WILLIAM LEONPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- BRAD WILLIAM MORANDPrivate First Class · July 12, 1966
- CHARLES ROSS WILLIAMSCaptain · July 12, 1966
From Barberton
- GENE THOMAS DAVISPrivate First Class · November 9, 1965
- BILLY CLARENCE DEWEESEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- JESSE EARL PETERSONPrivate First Class · February 17, 1966
- FREDERICK ANTHONY WENTZPrivate · April 5, 1966
- CHARLES L BOLINGSpecialist Four · October 16, 1966
- JERRY PETER WYNNECorporal · August 27, 1967
- DALLAS EUGENE THOMPSONSecond Lieutenant · August 28, 1967
- WILLIAM EARL MAXWELLPrivate First Class · April 12, 1968
- EDDIE JOE WHITESergeant · April 30, 1968
- RALPH RAYMOND COLLINS JRSergeant · May 13, 1968
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.