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GORDON LEE ROBINSON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
April 19, 1920 – November 24, 1964
Service recordGordon Lee Robinson, of Old Glory, Texas, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on November 24, 1964, in South Vietnam, at age 44. His name is inscribed on Panel 1E, Line 73 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1E · Line 73
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- April 19, 1920
- Home of record
- Old Glory, Texas (Stonewall County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 24, 1964
- Age
- 44
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date November 24, 1964. In November 1964, 19 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 5 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 1E, Line 73
- GEORGE HENRY ALBRECHTCaptain · November 19, 1964
- LEONARD PAUL HUDSONFirst Lieutenant · November 19, 1964
- DAVID NIPPERLance Corporal · November 21, 1964
- RICHARD DON SLACK JRCorporal · November 21, 1964
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.