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GUS BLAKELY ROBINSON
Captain · U.S. Army
March 19, 1943 – April 12, 1970
Service recordGus Blakely Robinson, of Hemet, California, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on April 12, 1970, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 12W, Line 128 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 12W · Line 128
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armored Reconnaissance Unit Commander (1204)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- March 19, 1943
- Home of record
- Hemet, California (Riverside County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 12, 1970
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date April 12, 1970; he was the only one lost in Kon Tum Province that day. In April 1970, 730 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 12W, Line 128
- THOMAS J PRICESpecialist Five · April 12, 1970
- HENRY PORTER RATHMELLFirst Lieutenant · April 12, 1970
- DANIEL PAUL RICHARDSLance Corporal · April 12, 1970
- CHARLES NATHANIEL RUFFINStaff Sergeant · April 12, 1970
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS J PRICESpecialist Five · Panel 12W, Line 128
From Hemet
- THOMAS LEE TROELSTRUPSpecialist Four · January 2, 1967
- DAVID WAYNE MCCONNELLPrivate First Class · June 18, 1969
- KENNETH RAYMOND LEACHWarrant Officer 1 · November 3, 1969
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.