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DANNY LEON ROBINETTE
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 5, 1946 – June 23, 1970
Service recordDanny Leon Robinette, of Denison, Texas, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1970, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 86 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 86
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- July 5, 1946
- Home of record
- Denison, Texas (Grayson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
29 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1970; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 86
- THOMAS LYNN POOLESergeant · June 23, 1970
- DONALD ALBERT ROWLEYCorporal · June 23, 1970
- JAMES MILAN ROZOSergeant First Class · June 23, 1970
- RICHARD JOHN SOLANOPetty Officer Second Class · June 23, 1970
From Denison
- WILBUR RALPH BRANNING JRCorporal · September 16, 1968
- JAMES DANIEL STRIDE JRStaff Sergeant · October 5, 1968
- CLYDE RAY GREENStaff Sergeant · May 12, 1969
- EHRHARD HANS KONRAD POHLSergeant · March 22, 1970
- CHARLES MILFORD KNOWLESFirst Lieutenant · April 28, 1970
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.