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DONALD FREDERICK ROBINSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 4, 1948 – August 10, 1969
Service recordDonald Frederick Robinson, of Long Beach, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on August 10, 1969, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 20W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20W · Line 128
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
- Radio Teletype Operator (05C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- December 4, 1948
- Home of record
- Long Beach, New York (Nassau County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 10, 1969
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
41 names on the Wall carry the date August 10, 1969; he was the only one lost in Long An Province that day. In August 1969, 962 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 18 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 20W, Line 128
- LINDSAY CLINTON TURNERPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- LUTHER WALKER JRPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- DALE SLOAN WILKINSONLance Corporal · August 10, 1969
- KENNETH EUGENE BURCHSergeant · August 11, 1969
From Long Beach
- ARMAND ROY GRAHAMPrivate First Class · December 27, 1966
- RUSSELL JAY FAUSER JRCorporal · February 15, 1968
- EDWARD BRUNOLance Corporal · August 7, 1969
- GEORGE HENRY PACIOAirman First Class · December 21, 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.