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FLOYD HENRY ROBINSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
January 28, 1949 – March 12, 1969
Service recordFloyd Henry Robinson, of Burlington, Kansas, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He was lost on March 12, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, and was later declared dead. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 23
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- January 28, 1949
- Home of record
- Burlington, Kansas (Coffey County)
Casualty
- Date of loss
- March 12, 1969
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Declared Dead
- Circumstance
- Unknown
- First reported
- Missing in action
- Remains
- Not recovered as of the 2008 DoD record
Context · from the records
What was happening
48 names on the Wall carry the date March 12, 1969; nine of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
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 29W, Line 23
- CHARLES JAY REVISSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- FRED EARL RICHARDSSpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
- LEMOND RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · March 12, 1969
- FRANKLIN JAMES RUNGESpecialist Four · March 12, 1969
Same unit, same day
- JAMES ANTHONY FRANKLINSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 19
- JAMES CAROLL GILBERTSergeant Major · Panel 29W, Line 19
- FRED ALLEN MOODYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 21
- CHARLES JAY REVISSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 23
- FRANKLIN JAMES RUNGESpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 23
- ROBERT EUGENE SHAFFERCorporal · Panel 29W, Line 24
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.