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JOHN WILLIAM ROBBINS
Private First Class · U.S. Marine Corps
January 29, 1947 – February 20, 1966
Service recordJohn William Robbins, of Pueblo, Colorado, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on February 20, 1966, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 56
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)
- Unit (as recorded)
- K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV
- Born
- January 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Pueblo, Colorado (Pueblo County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 20, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
24 names on the Wall carry the date February 20, 1966; two of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “K CO 3 BN 1 MAR 3 MARDIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 56
- JOHN EDWARD KERNSSergeant · February 20, 1966
- RICHARD P LANCASTER JRPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- JEROME LOMAC MCCORMICKPrivate First Class · February 20, 1966
- JAMES ROBERT RUTLEDGEStaff Sergeant · February 20, 1966
From Pueblo
- KENNETH DALE JOHNSTONPrivate First Class · August 27, 1965
- LARRY ROBERT TAYLORFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JAMES CARL SPINUZZICorporal · January 24, 1966
- DAVID BENEDICTO GARCIASergeant · February 7, 1966
- ALEXANDER MONTOYASergeant · February 7, 1966
- MIGUEL ERNEST NARANJO JRPrivate First Class · February 28, 1966
- MANUEL HERRERAPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ERNEST LOUIS DURANStaff Sergeant · June 11, 1966
- PETE MICHAEL MARTINEZPrivate First Class · July 18, 1966
- MATTHEW JOHN KRISTPetty Officer Third Class · August 21, 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.