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JOHN LEO ROBINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
September 9, 1946 – January 8, 1966
Service recordJohn Leo Robinson, of Prichard, Alabama, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on January 8, 1966, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 4E, Line 58 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4E · Line 58
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. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- September 9, 1946
- Home of record
- Prichard, Alabama (Mobile County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- January 8, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date January 8, 1966; four of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In January 1966, 401 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 4E, Line 58
- DONALD RAY BLAIRCaptain · January 8, 1966
- NATHAN JOHN COLE JRCorporal · January 8, 1966
- RONALD EDWARD JAHNKEPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
- MICHAEL VINCENT TIMMONSPrivate First Class · January 8, 1966
From Prichard
- HAROLD ARNOLDPrivate First Class · September 8, 1966
- ALFRED CARMICHAEL JRPrivate First Class · November 10, 1966
- PATTERSON SCOTT JRPrivate First Class · January 18, 1967
- EARLIE RANDSergeant · May 3, 1967
- EDWARD ELIAS HEYERSergeant · June 17, 1967
- THEODORE HOWARDSpecialist Four · October 3, 1967
- CLEOPHIS HARRISONSergeant · November 3, 1967
- WILLIE REEDSergeant · November 18, 1967
- JIMMY RAY PIERCEPrivate First Class · March 17, 1968
- JAMES DAVIS WHITESergeant · March 27, 1968
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.