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JAMES WALTER ROBBINS
Sergeant Major · U.S. Marine Corps
April 14, 1919 – May 18, 1967
Service recordJames Walter Robbins, of Dallas, Texas, served as a Sergeant Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on May 18, 1967, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 48. His name is inscribed on Panel 20E, Line 35 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 20E · Line 35
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
- Sergeant Major (SGTMAJ)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- April 14, 1919
- Home of record
- Dallas, Texas (Dallas County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 18, 1967
- Age
- 48
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
94 names on the Wall carry the date May 18, 1967; 38 of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 20E, Line 35
- JOHN J ROBERTSWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
- ALFRED WILLIAM ROBINSONSergeant · May 18, 1967
- ROBERT BENJAMIN SANZONESergeant · May 18, 1967
- OTTO ANDREAE SEAMANS JRWarrant Officer 1 · May 18, 1967
From Dallas
- GLENN MATTESONSecond Lieutenant · March 23, 1961
- CONDON HUNTER TERRYCaptain · June 27, 1963
- ROBERT DONALD WALKERCaptain · April 19, 1965
- LESLIE GENE KINGLieutenant Colonel · August 1, 1965
- DAVID JOHN THOMASCorporal · August 18, 1965
- TED WAYNE QUALLSLance Corporal · August 31, 1965
- GEORGE A WESTMaster Sergeant · September 17, 1965
- JAMES LOUIS FISHERPlatoon Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JOSEPH CLINTON BRADYPrivate First Class · December 13, 1965
- RONALD GENE MCKINNEYSeaman · December 17, 1965
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.