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DAVID LEE ROBISON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 18, 1946 – December 5, 1968
Service recordDavid Lee Robison, of Ireland, West Virginia, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 5, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 37W, Line 47 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 37W · Line 47
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- December 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Ireland, West Virginia (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 5, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
22 names on the Wall carry the date December 5, 1968; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In December 1968, 855 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 106 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 37W, Line 47
- JOHN FRANCIS KANACZET JRLance Corporal · December 5, 1968
- GARY MAURICE OKEEFECorporal · December 5, 1968
- ALLEN NEIL PALMPrivate First Class · December 5, 1968
- RAYMOND SINGLETONStaff Sergeant · December 5, 1968
Same unit, same day
- HARRY JAMES HARRISPrivate · Panel 37W, Line 46
- JOSEPH RAY THORNTONPrivate · Panel 37W, Line 48
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.