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HORRIS GENE ROBINSON
Chief Petty Officer · U.S. Navy
November 30, 1937 – February 23, 1968
Service recordHorris Gene Robinson, of Charleston, Mississippi, served as a Chief Petty Officer in the U.S. Navy. He died on February 23, 1968, in Phuoc Tuy Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 2
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
- Chief Petty Officer (CPO)
- Service
- Regular
- Unit (as recorded)
- USS TUTUILA ARG 4
- Born
- November 30, 1937
- Home of record
- Charleston, Mississippi (Tallahatchie County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Phuoc Tuy
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Vehicle Crash (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1968; three of them were lost in Phuoc Tuy Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “USS TUTUILA ARG 4”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 2
- CHARLES EDWARD PURSERMajor · February 23, 1968
- FRANKLIN DANIEL RAYPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
- PAUL EDWARD ROBITAILLEGunnery Sergeant · February 23, 1968
- LEE MILTON ROWELLPrivate First Class · February 23, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS WAYNE HILLPetty Officer Third Class · Panel 40E, Line 74
- JOHN LLOYD SAUNDERSLieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 3
- ALLAN FRANCIS SULLIVANChief Petty Officer · Panel 41E, Line 4
From Charleston
- SPENCER SMITHPrivate First Class · February 15, 1970
- WILBERT RAY DRANEPrivate First Class · July 12, 1970
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.