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ALBERT SIMON ROBALIN JR
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 31, 1949 – December 28, 1971
Service recordAlbert Simon Robalin JR, of San Antonio, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on December 28, 1971, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 2W, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 2W · Line 92
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
- Specialist Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Communications Electronics Equipment Mechanic (31B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- July 31, 1949
- Home of record
- San Antonio, Texas (Bexar County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 28, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date December 28, 1971; he was the only one lost in Bien Hoa Province that day. In December 1971, 64 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 2W, Line 92
- LAWRENCE GENE STOLZMajor · June 29, 1971
- DALE FRANCIS KOONSCaptain · September 25, 1971
- VINCENT EDWARD GALKASpecialist Four · December 26, 1971
- FREDERICK LEE HOLMESCommander · December 30, 1971
From San Antonio
- JOHN DUARTEPrivate First Class · January 20, 1963
- ROBERT LOUIS RAGSDALESecond Lieutenant · June 26, 1964
- DELBERT LEE VAUGHN JRStaff Sergeant · October 4, 1964
- ARTHUR DALE BAKERMajor · April 7, 1965
- JESSE RODRIQUEZ ACOSTAStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- RUDOLPH VILLALP HERNANDEZPrivate · July 7, 1965
- VIRGIL GALAN CRUZLance Corporal · September 28, 1965
- ROBERT WAYNE WRANOSKYCaptain · December 7, 1965
- BILLIE JACK CARTWRIGHTCaptain · December 12, 1965
- JOSE ANTONIO GUTIERREZSpecialist Four · January 28, 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.