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JOHN JACKLON ROBINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
August 5, 1950 – November 15, 1969
Service recordJohn Jacklon Robinson, of Washington, District of Columbia, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on November 15, 1969, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 82 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · Line 82
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
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- August 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Washington, District of Columbia (District Of Columbia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 15, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date November 15, 1969; he was the only one lost in Hua Nghia Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 35 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 82
- BENEDICT J LINNEN IIISpecialist Four · November 15, 1969
- WALTER DAVID ROMEROFirst Lieutenant · November 15, 1969
- DONALD LEE WILLIAMSONSpecialist Five · November 15, 1969
- ADAM WILSONWarrant Officer 1 · November 15, 1969
From Washington
- HOMER CLEO MCINTYRE JRCaptain · July 28, 1964
- JAMES MARTIN CALEStaff Sergeant · May 16, 1965
- GEZA TEGLASSergeant · October 27, 1965
- LOUIS SHERRODSergeant · November 6, 1965
- LEROY HILLPlatoon Sergeant · November 8, 1965
- CALVIN BOUKNIGHTSpecialist Five · November 16, 1965
- PAUL EDWARD HURDLEStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- THEODORE M BEAMONSpecialist Four · November 23, 1965
- HARRY RONALD HOSKINSONSpecialist Four · December 13, 1965
- WILLIE MITCHELL JRAirman First Class · December 20, 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.