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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 James Lloyd Robinson.

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JAMES LLOYD ROBINSON

Specialist Four · U.S. Army

January 2, 1947 – October 5, 1967

Service record

James Lloyd Robinson, of Salem, Ohio, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 5, 1967, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

On the Wall

Panel 27E · Line 55

Position of Panel 27E 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
Specialist Four (SP4)
Service
Drafted (Selective Service)
Occupation
Heavy Construction Equipment Operator (62E)
Unit (as recorded)
C CO 554 ENG BN USARV
Born
January 2, 1947
Home of record
Salem, Ohio (Columbiana County)

Casualty

Date of death
October 5, 1967
Age
20
Province
Binh Duong
Country
South Vietnam
Casualty type
Non-hostile
Category
Accident
Circumstance
Vehicle Crash (MC)

Context · from the records

What was happening

23 names on the Wall carry the date October 5, 1967; he was the only one lost in Bình Dương Province that day. In October 1967, 906 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.

Also on Panel 27E, Line 55

From Salem

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.