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JOHN WILLIAM ROBINSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
July 12, 1944 – October 10, 1968
Service recordJohn William Robinson JR, of Charleston, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on October 10, 1968, in Hua Nghia Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 41W, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41W · Line 39
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 25 INF DIV
- Born
- July 12, 1944
- Home of record
- Charleston, South Carolina (Charleston County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 10, 1968
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Hua Nghia
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
31 names on the Wall carry the date October 10, 1968; nine of them were lost in Hua Nghia Province. In October 1968, 821 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 25th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 62 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 41W, Line 39
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · October 10, 1968
- MICHAEL EUGENE EVANSCorporal · October 10, 1968
- GENE DELANO GROVERStaff Sergeant · October 10, 1968
- ERISTEO GUTIERREZ JRSergeant · October 10, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONNIE BLAIRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 38
- STANLEY GEORGE DENISOWSKISpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 39
- MICHAEL EUGENE EVANSCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 39
- ERISTEO GUTIERREZ JRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 39
- EUGENE ALLEN HANDRAHANSergeant First Class · Panel 41W, Line 40
- BAYNES BALLEW MCSWAIN JRSergeant · Panel 41W, Line 41
- ANGEL LUIS RAMOSPrivate First Class · Panel 41W, Line 42
- MICHAEL EUGENE RANDALL SRCorporal · Panel 41W, Line 42
- WAYMON LEON TRIGGSSpecialist Four · Panel 41W, Line 43
From Charleston
- CLARENCE LARRY MOORERCaptain · December 12, 1963
- THEODORE RICHARDSONSpecialist Four · October 2, 1965
- CHARLES GALE DUSINGChief Master Sergeant · October 31, 1965
- EARL CLAYTON GRAHAMSpecialist Four · November 15, 1965
- HAROLD T EDMONDSON JRCorporal · January 30, 1966
- JAMES BRADLEYSergeant · February 5, 1966
- BURTON ALEXANDER BLANTONCaptain · March 30, 1966
- WALTER H ANDERSONPrivate First Class · April 16, 1966
- RANDOLPH CLINTON SCOTTPrivate First Class · May 18, 1966
- HAROLD MACK JRPrivate First Class · May 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.