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FRANK EUGENE ROBINSON
Petty Officer Second Class · U.S. Navy
September 6, 1943 – September 8, 1967
Service recordFrank Eugene Robinson, of Houston, Texas, served as a Petty Officer Second Class in the U.S. Navy. He died on September 8, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 26E, Line 37 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 26E · Line 37
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. Navy
- Rank
- Petty Officer Second Class (PO2)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Hospital Corpsman (HM)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- September 6, 1943
- Home of record
- Houston, Texas (Harris County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 8, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date September 8, 1967; four of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “3 BN 26 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in Quảng Trị Province while the siege of Con Thien was under way. Through September and October 1967, North Vietnamese artillery across the Demilitarized Zone pounded the Marine outpost at Con Thien and the bases along the DMZ in Quảng Trị Province. The casualty record gives the province and date, not the exact place, so it does not say whether he fell in the battle itself.
Also on Panel 26E, Line 37
- JUAN RAMIREZSpecialist Five · September 8, 1967
- JOHN DAVID REYNOLDSPrivate First Class · September 8, 1967
- ROBERT LE ROY RIGHTER JRSpecialist Four · September 8, 1967
- ROGER CLARKE ROSEWarrant Officer 1 · September 8, 1967
From Houston
- JOSEPH MICHAEL FAHEY JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- JOHN F SHAUGHNESSY JRCaptain · February 3, 1963
- RICHARD DALE HILLAirman Second Class · December 6, 1963
- HUGHIE DARELL ADAMSMajor · January 7, 1964
- ALBERT LAWRENCE SHIMEKPrivate First Class · April 10, 1964
- BYRON CLARK STONECaptain · August 20, 1964
- JAMES EDWARD HAVEMANNWarrant Officer 1 · October 7, 1964
- ROBERT GRAHAM BELLMajor · May 16, 1965
- LEROY ANTHONY BOURGEOISPrivate First Class · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT FILMORE BATSONSergeant · August 18, 1965
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.