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EDWARD ROBINSON
Specialist Six · U.S. Army
March 22, 1942 – March 9, 1970
Service recordEdward Robinson, of Kansas City, Missouri, served as a Specialist Six in the U.S. Army. He died on March 9, 1970, in Con Son Island Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 13W, Line 101 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13W · Line 101
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
- Specialist Six (SP6)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Ecm/Df Systems Repairman (33G)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 175 RR CO 303 RR BN 509
- Born
- March 22, 1942
- Home of record
- Kansas City, Missouri (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 9, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Con Son Island
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date March 9, 1970; he was the only one lost in Con Son Island Province that day. In March 1970, 625 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
His remains had not been recovered when the 2008 record was compiled. The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency continues to search for Americans still missing from the war; families can find case information through dpaa.mil.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 13W, Line 101
- KEITH HAROLD REITZSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- LEONARD JOHN SCHOEPPNERLieutenant · March 9, 1970
- RICHARD LOUIS STILLSpecialist Four · March 9, 1970
- LOTHAR GUSTAV T TERLACaptain · March 9, 1970
From Kansas City
- PATRICK PEARSE MANNINGPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- FRANK ALLEN GIVENPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- MICHAEL STEVENS HARRISPrivate First Class · December 9, 1965
- LESTER A ROGERSFirst Lieutenant · February 28, 1966
- JEROME NIXONPrivate First Class · March 23, 1966
- CHARLES R LAWHONWarrant Officer 1 · May 6, 1966
- JAMES PAUL DEBRULERPrivate First Class · May 21, 1966
- DAYTON WILLIAM RAGLANDColonel · May 31, 1966
- ROBERT WILLIAM PECKPrivate First Class · July 10, 1966
- EUGENE JOLLYSpecialist Five · July 11, 1966
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.