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GEORGE RAY ROBINSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 23, 1947 – March 3, 1969
Service recordGeorge Ray Robinson, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 3, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 29
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1947
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 3, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
89 names on the Wall carry the date March 3, 1969; 25 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.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 29
- JOHN LIONEL PRATTPrivate · March 3, 1969
- WILLIAM THOMAS RECTOR JRPrivate First Class · March 3, 1969
- JOE G RODRIGUES JRSergeant · March 3, 1969
- DONALD LEE RUDDPetty Officer Second Class · March 3, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LYNN DENNIS ANDERSONSpecialist Five · Panel 30W, Line 18
- MELVIN LYNN APPLEBURYSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 18
- PHILIP LOU BAKERSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 18
- PAUL JOSEPH BUCZOLICHPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 19
- FRED DOUGLAS BURTONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 19
- DENNIS JOSEPH COLLSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 20
- MICHAEL ENGLANDPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 21
- CHARLIE FIELDSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 22
- RODGER DENNIS FORCESpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 22
- RUPERT WATSON GOEBEL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 23
- ROBERT ELWIN GRIFFITHFirst Lieutenant · Panel 30W, Line 23
- JEFFREY KENNETH GOSSSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 24
- BARRY DEVERE HORTONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 24
- WILLIE JUNIOR HUDSONSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 25
- DENNIS ROSS PAUL ISOMCaptain · Panel 30W, Line 25
- VERNON EUGENE LAIL JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 26
- HARRY BATON SEEDES IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 26
- WILLIAM THOMAS RECTOR JRPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 29
- LAYNE MICHAEL SANTOSPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 30
- WILLIAM JOHN SCHAAFSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 30
- JOSEPH SCHMICH JRSpecialist Four · Panel 30W, Line 31
- DAVID ANDREW SEIBERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 31
- WILLIAM MARK SMITHSergeant · Panel 30W, Line 32
- WILLARD ALVON WIMMERPrivate First Class · Panel 30W, Line 35
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.