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EDWARD KEITH ROBISON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 4, 1931 – January 3, 1968
Service recordEdward Keith Robison, of Newport, Arkansas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on January 3, 1968, in Quang Tin Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 33E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Cannon Crewmember (13B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- May 4, 1931
- Home of record
- Newport, Arkansas (Jackson County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 3, 1968
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Quang Tin
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
44 names on the Wall carry the date January 3, 1968; three of them were lost in Quảng Tín Province. In January 1968, 1,546 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 110 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 33E, Line 31
- RICHARD W B FOX JRLance Corporal · January 3, 1968
- DARWIN ESKER RAYCorporal · January 3, 1968
- CLARENCE ROBINSONCorporal · January 3, 1968
- JESSE EMITERIO RODRIGUEZSergeant · January 3, 1968
Same unit, same day
- JOHN M BRIMMSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 25
- DAVID RICHARD BURSONSpecialist Four · Panel 33E, Line 26
- CHARLES THOMAS COOKESergeant · Panel 33E, Line 27
- ARNOLD LEE COONRODCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 27
- DENNIS DALE DAUTREMONTPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 27
- BILLY JOE ELLISStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 27
- ALLEN BRUCE GLINESPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 28
- RONALD DAVID GOULETSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- JUAN ARAUJO GUZMANStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- RODNEY ALLEN PRICEStaff Sergeant · Panel 33E, Line 28
- ROBERT RAYMOND LINDBERGHPrivate First Class · Panel 33E, Line 29
- JESSE EMITERIO RODRIGUEZSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 31
- JERRY LYNN SMITHSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 32
- MORGAN EUGENE STEWARTSergeant · Panel 33E, Line 32
- MELFORD WAYNE WESTCorporal · Panel 33E, Line 33
From Newport
- RAY MAX BARNWELLSpecialist Five · March 5, 1966
- LYNN MICHAEL TRAVISLieutenant (junior grade) · February 6, 1968
- WILLIAM ARTHUR ROARSpecialist Four · April 29, 1968
- RONALD OLIVER SCHARNBERGMajor · March 17, 1971
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.