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JAMES MILTON ROBINS
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
June 4, 1947 – August 7, 1968
Service recordJames Milton Robins, of Rose Hill, Iowa, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on August 7, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 49W, Line 26 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49W · Line 26
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- June 4, 1947
- Home of record
- Rose Hill, Iowa (Mahaska County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 7, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
34 names on the Wall carry the date August 7, 1968; seven of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In August 1968, 1,313 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49W, Line 26
- NICHOLAS LEE SCHROEDERCorporal · August 7, 1968
- JOHN RICHARD SHEROKE JRPrivate First Class · August 7, 1968
- BEN WESLEY STEPHENSSergeant · August 7, 1968
- LARRY WILLIAM SWIGGUMSpecialist Four · August 7, 1968
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.