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JERRY LYNN ROBINSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
May 12, 1947 – September 2, 1968
Service recordJerry Lynn Robinson, of Phoenix, Arizona, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on September 2, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 45W, Line 28 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 45W · Line 28
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Office Machine Repairer (41J)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 LOGISTIC CMD
- Born
- May 12, 1947
- Home of record
- Phoenix, Arizona (Maricopa County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 2, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Drowning
Context · from the records
What was happening
33 names on the Wall carry the date September 2, 1968; 16 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “1 LOGISTIC CMD”, his unit in the record, lost 14 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 45W, Line 28
- JACK CLARE PLUMBMajor · September 2, 1968
- RODNEY LEE RANSOMPrivate · September 2, 1968
- LAWRENCE CARROLL ROSEStaff Sergeant · September 2, 1968
- ROBERT LEE SMITHPrivate First Class · September 2, 1968
From Phoenix
- DURWARD DEAN GOSNEYMajor · October 7, 1964
- CHARLES ALVA DALEMajor · June 9, 1965
- WILBURN DANIEL FELKINSCorporal · July 30, 1965
- LEE E ANDERSONSergeant · September 19, 1965
- DERRELL BLACKBUR JEFFORDSColonel · December 24, 1965
- JOHNNY HOWARD GODFREYCaptain · January 11, 1966
- GEORGE A HOAGLAND IIIStaff Sergeant · January 29, 1966
- JACK LANDEN HIMESPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- ROY JOHN HIGGINS JRCorporal · March 5, 1966
- DARRELL LEE JOHNSONPrivate First Class · March 5, 1966
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.