First Worst Day In June 1968, somewhere in the jungle near the Laotian border in Vietnam, Army 1st Lt. Robin Bartlett pauses on the day in which the first soldier in his platoon was killed. He called it “my first worst day in Vietnam.” SHARE IMAGE: Download Image: Full Size (0.61 MB) Tags: veterans, army, vietnam war Photo By: Courtesy VIRIN: 680601-D-D0439-101.JPG Photo Gallery