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CHARLES HENRY ROBINSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
October 29, 1948 – June 27, 1969
Service recordCharles Henry Robinson, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 27, 1969, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 25 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 25
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- October 29, 1948
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 27, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date June 27, 1969; four of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 55 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 25
- DANIEL LUTHER ONEYPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
- LARRY DEAN PLATTCorporal · June 27, 1969
- HUMBERTO RUIZ SANTIAGO JRSpecialist Four · June 27, 1969
- WILLIAM MICHEAL WILSONPrivate First Class · June 27, 1969
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 1967
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.