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CHARLES LESTER ROBBINS
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
September 20, 1928 – February 15, 1967
Service recordCharles Lester Robbins, of Los Angeles, California, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 15, 1967, in Pleiku Province, South Vietnam, at age 38. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 35
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
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Explosive Ordnance Disposal Specialist (55D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 85 ORD DET 6 ORD BN 1 LOG CMD
- Born
- September 20, 1928
- Home of record
- Los Angeles, California (Los Angeles County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 15, 1967
- Age
- 38
- Province
- Pleiku
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
36 names on the Wall carry the date February 15, 1967; he was the only one lost in Pleiku Province that day. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 15E, Line 35
- GARY CLIFTON PADDOCKPetty Officer Third Class · February 15, 1967
- JOHN JAMES RAYMONDStaff Sergeant · February 15, 1967
- MICHAEL PATRICK REILLYSpecialist Four · February 15, 1967
- RODNEY HOWARD RICKLISeaman · February 15, 1967
From Los Angeles
- JAMES WILLIAM MCNALLYTechnical Sergeant · October 23, 1963
- FRANK JOHN HOLGUINPrivate First Class · March 15, 1964
- RICHARD DEAN GOSSCaptain · August 29, 1964
- JOHN LOWERY MCCOYSergeant First Class · September 26, 1964
- JAMES HENRY MCLEANMaster Sergeant · February 9, 1965
- DWIGHT GLENN FRAKESChief Petty Officer · February 24, 1965
- AARON HAROLD WESTERNPrivate First Class · June 16, 1965
- EDWARD JAMES ANDERSPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- MAURICE RICHARD HILLPrivate · June 29, 1965
- WILLIAM WARREN HAILLieutenant Colonel · August 2, 1965
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.