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DONALD RICHARD ROBINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
April 28, 1945 – September 3, 1966
Service recordDonald Richard Robinson, of Turtletown, Tennessee, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 3, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 10E, Line 67 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 10E · Line 67
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- April 28, 1945
- Home of record
- Turtletown, Tennessee (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 3, 1966
- Age
- 21
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 3, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 10E, Line 67
- WILLIAM PRESTWOOD SIMMONSCaptain · September 3, 1966
- JOSEPH FELIX TRUJILLOGunnery Sergeant · September 3, 1966
- RODNEY JOSEPH WILSONSpecialist Five · September 3, 1966
- PATRICK JOSEPH HANNONLance Corporal · September 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS E DORANSpecialist Four · Panel 10E, Line 63
- CLYDE A LEEDSStaff Sergeant · Panel 10E, Line 65
From Turtletown
- HUBERT ARTHUR MEREDITHSpecialist Four · August 1, 1968
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.