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JOHN ROBINSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
November 9, 1947 – June 8, 1970
Service recordJohn Robinson, of Jamaica, New York, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on June 8, 1970, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 9W, Line 29 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 9W · Line 29
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- November 9, 1947
- Home of record
- Jamaica, New York (Queens County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 8, 1970
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date June 8, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1970, 560 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 17 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 9W, Line 29
- DONALD WARREN OLLILASergeant · June 8, 1970
- WILLIAM VAL REEDCorporal · June 8, 1970
- CLARK FRANKLIN ROGERSSpecialist Four · June 8, 1970
- CREIGHTON WAYNE SISTRUNKPrivate · June 8, 1970
Same unit, same day
- DONALD WARREN OLLILASergeant · Panel 9W, Line 29
From Jamaica
- THOMAS JAMESSergeant · November 17, 1965
- REUBEN BUTCHERSergeant · May 14, 1966
- JOHN GREEN JRCorporal · May 24, 1966
- LESTER JONESPrivate First Class · July 20, 1966
- KENNETH PARTLOWAirman Second Class · August 27, 1966
- BRUCE MARTIN SMITHPrivate First Class · August 29, 1966
- VINCENT TORRESPrivate First Class · January 4, 1967
- ISRAEL ALICEAStaff Sergeant · February 10, 1967
- MOSES GREENSpecialist Four · March 3, 1967
- BARRY FRANCIS PRICELance Corporal · March 26, 1967
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.