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JAMES MARCUS ROBINSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 30, 1943 – February 2, 1969
Service recordJames Marcus Robinson, of Greensboro, North Carolina, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 2, 1969, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 33W, Line 43 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 33W · Line 43
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)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- October 30, 1943
- Home of record
- Greensboro, North Carolina (Guilford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 2, 1969
- Age
- 25
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
52 names on the Wall carry the date February 2, 1969; 18 of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 45 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 33W, Line 43
- JOSEPH ROMEROCorporal · February 2, 1969
- PAUL CHARLES RUDYSpecialist Four · February 2, 1969
- THEODORE MARSHALL RUSHPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
- RONALD SABINPrivate First Class · February 2, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ALLEN DONIHUE CHESHIRESpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 36
- ALBERT ASHLEY DAVENPORTSergeant · Panel 33W, Line 37
- WILLIAM EDWARD FINLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 38
- JOHN DENNIS FREPPONStaff Sergeant · Panel 33W, Line 38
- JAMES GAINES JRPrivate First Class · Panel 33W, Line 39
- JAMES JOHN MORRISONSpecialist Four · Panel 33W, Line 42
From Greensboro
- GLENN CHARLES DYERFirst Lieutenant · October 26, 1964
- THOMAS MONROE CROWPrivate First Class · August 24, 1965
- ALVIN C SLIGHPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- GENTRY GRAHAMSpecialist Four · February 24, 1966
- JAMES HAMPTON EDGESpecialist Four · March 5, 1966
- ROGER WARDELL JENKINSPrivate First Class · April 30, 1966
- RONALD CRAIG LOVETTPrivate First Class · June 12, 1966
- JAMES SHREVE HALLChief Master Sergeant · July 29, 1966
- CHESTER DECATUR FEWELLPrivate First Class · January 9, 1967
- BILLY WAYNE FLYNNSecond Lieutenant · January 23, 1967
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.