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Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault.
Soldiers of the 101st Airborne Division leap from a UH-1D during an air assault. Photo: SP4 Johnnie Jackson, U.S. Army, public domain. Shown for the time and place, not a photograph of Gary Herbert Robison.

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GARY HERBERT ROBISON

Corporal · U.S. Army

September 8, 1950 – March 10, 1971

Service record

Gary Herbert Robison, of Adrian, Michigan, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 10, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 36 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 4W · Line 36

Position of Panel 4W on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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
Corporal (CPL)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Field Artillery Basic (13A)
Unit (as recorded)
AMERICAL DIV
Born
September 8, 1950
Home of record
Adrian, Michigan (Lenawee County)

Casualty

Date of death
March 10, 1971
Age
20
Province
Quang Tri
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Hostile
Category
Killed in Action
Circumstance
Unknown

Context · from the records

What was happening

12 names on the Wall carry the date March 10, 1971; two of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 50 of its members that month.

Also on Panel 4W, Line 36

Same unit, same day

From Adrian

All 15 names from Adrian →

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.