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ALAN JOSEPH ROBINSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
April 9, 1948 – July 14, 1968
Service recordAlan Joseph Robinson, of St Ann, Missouri, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 14, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 31
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- April 9, 1948
- Home of record
- St Ann, Missouri (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1968; 13 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 31
- MELVIN POOLELance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- GREGORY RUSSELL RAYFIELDCorporal · July 14, 1968
- STEVEN CRAIG SANTYLance Corporal · July 14, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM SCHULZCorporal · July 14, 1968
From St Ann
- GERALD WAYNE ZIYPrivate First Class · December 29, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD SUTHERLANDPrivate First Class · March 18, 1968
- CHARLES JACKSON WILSONLance Corporal · April 21, 1969
- LAWRENCE JOSEPH BUDZINSKISergeant · April 24, 1969
- ROBERT JAMES WIESECorporal · February 16, 1970
- LARRY DAVID HICKSSergeant · September 24, 1970
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.