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WILLIAM S ROBERTSON III
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
June 9, 1945 – April 8, 1967
Service recordWilliam S Robertson III, of San Jose, California, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on April 8, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 128
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- June 9, 1945
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 8, 1967
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date April 8, 1967. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 128
- MICHAEL LLOYD PRIESTPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- ROGER LESLIE PUGHPrivate First Class · April 8, 1967
- DORSIE EUGENE REGISTERCorporal · April 8, 1967
- VICENTE DIAZ SANDOVALSergeant · April 8, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LEONARD FREDERICK JANTZENSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 124
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 1966
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.