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DONALD ROBERT ROBISON
Captain · U.S. Army
August 9, 1940 – March 12, 1968
Service recordDonald Robert Robison, of College, Alaska, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on March 12, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 44E, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 44E · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- August 9, 1940
- Home of record
- College, Alaska
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 12, 1968
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1968; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In March 1968, 1,767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 19 of its members that month.
He died in Hua Nghia Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 44E, Line 30
- ROBERT WAYNE ODONNELLPrivate · March 12, 1968
- GARY WILLIAM PERKINSCaptain · March 12, 1968
- ROBERT COLQUITT PLEMMONSPetty Officer Third Class · March 12, 1968
- EDWARD FRANCIS ROGERSPrivate First Class · March 12, 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.