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JERRY ALVIN ROBINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
November 23, 1942 – February 16, 1967
Service recordJerry Alvin Robinson, of Burnsville, North Carolina, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 16, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 15E, Line 50 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15E · Line 50
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- November 23, 1942
- Home of record
- Burnsville, North Carolina (Yancey County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 16, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
80 names on the Wall carry the date February 16, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 69 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 15E, Line 50
- ANGELO PULLARACaptain · February 16, 1967
- JOHN ELLSWORTH QUAMPrivate First Class · February 16, 1967
- HOWARD WAYNE REECELance Corporal · February 16, 1967
- UINIFARETI SALEAUMUASergeant · February 16, 1967
From Burnsville
- HOWARD CALVIN BLEVINSSpecialist Four · April 11, 1966
- JOHNNY WAYNE OGLESergeant · July 9, 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.