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JON PARIS ROBBINS
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
November 22, 1947 – February 23, 1969
Service recordJon Paris Robbins, of Dickinson, North Dakota, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on February 23, 1969, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 31W, Line 19 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 31W · Line 19
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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Clerk (71A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- November 22, 1947
- Home of record
- Dickinson, North Dakota (Stark County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 23, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Bien Hoa
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
209 names on the Wall carry the date February 23, 1969; 14 of them were lost in Bien Hoa Province. In February 1969, 1,304 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 31W, Line 19
- JAY LEE ROBBINS JRSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- HENRY MILLARD ROBINSON JRCorporal · February 23, 1969
- DUANE CLARK ROMEOSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- CLARENCE DEAN RUSSELLSergeant · February 23, 1969
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD JOHN CURRYMajor · Panel 32W, Line 94
- WILLIAM WALTER DICKEYLieutenant Colonel · Panel 32W, Line 96
- THOMAS RAY PRESTONSpecialist Five · Panel 31W, Line 16
From Dickinson
- FRANCIS EDWARD GEIGERCaptain · July 23, 1965
- MICHAEL HENRY KESSELLance Corporal · September 3, 1966
- CHARLES DONALD WENDTSpecialist Four · June 5, 1968
- DOUGLAS MILTON KELLYLance Corporal · July 28, 1968
- DENNIS LEE MEDUNASpecialist Four · June 1, 1971
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.