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JIMMIE LEE ROBINSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
March 29, 1949 – July 4, 1970
Service recordJimmie Lee Robinson, of Mobile, Alabama, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 4, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 117
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- March 29, 1949
- Home of record
- Mobile, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 4, 1970
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date July 4, 1970; six of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In July 1970, 495 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 114 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 9W, Line 117
- BOYD ADAM STEPHENS JRSpecialist Four · July 3, 1970
- ROBERT STEPHEN UTECHTCorporal · July 3, 1970
- ROBERT LEROY WELCHLance Corporal · July 3, 1970
- CHARLES FRANKLIN BOOKOUTSergeant First Class · July 4, 1970
Same unit, same day
- CARL LAWRENCE MICKENSCorporal · Panel 9W, Line 119
- WILLIAM CLAYTON RAYSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 119
- WILLIAM LEE SULLIVANFirst Lieutenant · Panel 9W, Line 120
- GARY DENNIS THADENSergeant · Panel 9W, Line 120
From Mobile
- ANDREW C MITCHELL IIICaptain · April 8, 1963
- DAVID RUDOLPH DICKENSFirst Sergeant · November 1, 1965
- EDDIE LEE HILL JRCorporal · November 4, 1965
- SHERMAN ELDRIDGE OTISPrivate First Class · November 17, 1965
- NATHANIEL EARL CARTER IIISergeant · November 25, 1965
- ROBERT EDWARD BEXLEYPrivate First Class · January 30, 1966
- ROBERT LOUIS BEATONSergeant · February 22, 1966
- JOSEPH EMMETT LILLEYPrivate First Class · May 14, 1966
- JAMES DWIGHT NEWCOMBLance Corporal · July 17, 1966
- TIMOTHY SCOTT DAVIESLance Corporal · July 20, 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.