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CHARLES JOHN ROBINSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 4, 1947 – January 7, 1969
Service recordCharles John Robinson, of Easthampton, Massachusetts, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 7, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 35W, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 35W · Line 51
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- April 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Easthampton, Massachusetts (Hampshire County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 7, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
35 names on the Wall carry the date January 7, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In January 1969, 985 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 35W, Line 51
- WAYNE HENRY FISCHERSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- GLENN WAYNE ROMEROPrivate First Class · January 7, 1969
- DANNY RAY SCOTTSpecialist Four · January 7, 1969
- STEPHEN LYLE TRONERUDWarrant Officer 1 · January 7, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD DANIEL WINNINGHAMSpecialist Four · Panel 35W, Line 49
- RICHARD JAMES QUINNPrivate First Class · Panel 35W, Line 50
From Easthampton
- JOHN J RABIDEAUPrivate First Class · April 11, 1967
- BRUCE WILLIAM MONSKAPrivate First Class · February 5, 1968
- GEORGE FRANCIS LAPANChief Warrant Officer 2 · January 16, 1969
- DONALD MILLARD ASHTON JRCorporal · February 11, 1969
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.