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FLOYD IRWIN ROBINSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
March 12, 1948 – October 31, 1967
Service recordFloyd Irwin Robinson, of San Jose, California, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 31, 1967, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 28E, Line 105 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 28E · Line 105
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Tactical Wire Operations Specialist (36K)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- March 12, 1948
- Home of record
- San Jose, California (Santa Clara County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 31, 1967
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date October 31, 1967; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 105 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 28E, Line 105
- STEPHEN EARL PARKSPrivate First Class · October 31, 1967
- MICHAEL GENE PHILLIPSSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
- RILEY LEROY PITTSCaptain · October 31, 1967
- MICHAEL J SEADORFSpecialist Four · October 31, 1967
Same unit, same day
- JAMES VAN NESS MULLERSpecialist Five · Panel 28E, Line 104
- MICHAEL J SEADORFSpecialist Four · Panel 28E, Line 105
From San Jose
- JOHN WILLIAM IRVING JRFirst Lieutenant · May 8, 1965
- WARREN LESTER ANDERSONCaptain · January 13, 1966
- AUGUSTO MARIA XAVIERFirst Lieutenant · March 10, 1966
- LARRY MICHAEL JORDANLieutenant Commander · April 12, 1966
- RICHARD MICHAEL PATRICKSpecialist Four · May 17, 1966
- GEORGE ALLEN WALDRONPrivate First Class · October 3, 1966
- DALLAS GEORGE GRUNDYPrivate First Class · November 5, 1966
- WILLIAM ALLEN PALENSKEPrivate First Class · November 18, 1966
- RAYMOND BERNAL JRSpecialist Four · November 30, 1966
- WILLIAM DONALD COOK JRSergeant · December 17, 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.