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CHARLIE ROBINSON JR
Private First Class · U.S. Army
December 5, 1947 – June 11, 1969
Service recordCharlie Robinson JR, of Mountain Creek, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1969, in Kien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 22W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 22W · Line 26
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 5, 1947
- Home of record
- Mountain Creek, Alabama (Chilton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
64 names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1969; he was the only one lost in Kien Hoa Province that day. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 70 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 22W, Line 26
- RICHARD MANFORD RANDOLPHSpecialist Four · June 11, 1969
- DANIEL GEORGE REIDSergeant First Class · June 11, 1969
- RICHARD RUSSELL REVOIRPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
- THOMAS JOHN RILEYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- HAROLD JEROME CRAWFORDSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 19
- STUART GLEN HOSTETTERSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 22
- JOHN BRUCE LYLESergeant · Panel 22W, Line 23
- PETER LYNCHSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 23
- BOBBY GLENN OLIVERSergeant · Panel 22W, Line 25
- DONALD JOHN ZASTOWSKYSpecialist Four · Panel 22W, Line 29
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.