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JERRY CLAYTON ROBBINS
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Army
October 6, 1941 – March 7, 1969
Service recordJerry Clayton Robbins, of Martinez, California, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 7, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 27. His name is inscribed on Panel 30W, Line 69 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 30W · Line 69
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Construction Equipment Supervisor (62N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 544 ENG CO 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE
- Born
- October 6, 1941
- Home of record
- Martinez, California (Contra Costa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 7, 1969
- Age
- 27
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
45 names on the Wall carry the date March 7, 1969; two of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “544 ENG CO 79 ENG GRP 20 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 30W, Line 69
- NOEL LUIS RIOSStaff Sergeant · March 6, 1968
- JOHN ASDRUBAL RIVERASpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- JOSEPH CHARLES RUSSOSpecialist Four · March 7, 1969
- RANDALL JACK SANDOVALPrivate First Class · March 7, 1969
From Martinez
- DENNIS J TULLERPrivate First Class · February 12, 1966
- RONALD CHRIS BRESHEARSSergeant · December 28, 1967
- HARRISON LEROY HALEYCaptain · May 26, 1968
- CRAIG STEVEN PETTITHospitalman · May 31, 1968
- JAMES KEITH KNUTSONSpecialist Four · August 15, 1968
- MICHAEL RAYMOND COLLINSLieutenant · March 4, 1971
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.