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CHARLES WAYNE ROBINSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 8, 1950 – November 13, 1970
Service recordCharles Wayne Robinson, of Vicksburg, Mississippi, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 57 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 57
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 Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- January 8, 1950
- Home of record
- Vicksburg, Mississippi (Warren County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1970
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
13 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1970; five of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In November 1970, 347 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 57
- JAMES LEWIS HATCHERSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- MONROE ALAN POWERSSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- ALVIN JOSEPH SCOTTSpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
- JOHN GREGORY STRACHOTASpecialist Four · November 13, 1970
Same unit, same day
- SALVATORE JOSEPH ARMATOPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 56
- KEN DWIGHT BURNSPrivate First Class · Panel 6W, Line 56
- JAMES LEWIS HATCHERSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 57
From Vicksburg
- ARTHUR MELVIN GORDONPrivate First Class · November 25, 1965
- HOWARD GARRETTStaff Sergeant · September 16, 1966
- TERENCE DALE OBRIENFirst Lieutenant · November 13, 1966
- ELLSWORTH I DAVIS JRPrivate First Class · December 9, 1966
- JAMES C DIXONMaster Sergeant · April 27, 1967
- SHERMAN C BRADYPrivate First Class · May 13, 1968
- DONALD RAY BURNSIDEPrivate First Class · October 24, 1968
- JOHN ELSEY BATCHELOR JRLance Corporal · April 7, 1969
- EUGENE TUCKERSpecialist Four · August 16, 1969
- ASBERRY BEARD JRCorporal · September 5, 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.