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JOSEPH BRUCE ROBINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 10, 1948 – February 8, 1968
Service recordJoseph Bruce Robinson, of Ashland, Kentucky, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on February 8, 1968, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 38E, Line 39 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 38E · 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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 10, 1948
- Home of record
- Ashland, Kentucky (Boyd County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 8, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
114 names on the Wall carry the date February 8, 1968; three of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 125 of its members that month.
He died in Bình Dương Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 38E, Line 39
- DANIEL EDWARD SIRIANNILance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- ARVID BURDEEN SKUZALance Corporal · February 8, 1968
- JOHN ARCHER SMITHPrivate First Class · February 8, 1968
- LEONARD ALLEN STALNAKERSpecialist Four · February 8, 1968
Same unit, same day
- DAN E BRYANPrivate First Class · Panel 38E, Line 22
- LARRY JAMES MCCUBBINSSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 34
- KLAUS JOSEF STRAUSSSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 40
- ONNIE THOMPSON JRSpecialist Four · Panel 38E, Line 40
From Ashland
- CHARLES DONALD SENTERSPrivate First Class · January 27, 1966
- JAMES LEONARD FAINSpecialist Four · February 22, 1966
- BOBBY SENTERSStaff Sergeant · June 20, 1966
- WILLIAM CLIFFORD FRALEYSergeant First Class · July 6, 1966
- LAWRENCE EDWARD LEWISAirman First Class · May 12, 1967
- CARL PHILIP MCCORMICKSergeant · November 5, 1967
- ARTHUR JACKSON SANDERSStaff Sergeant · November 19, 1967
- DOUGLAS FRANKLIN LOUDENBACKPrivate First Class · March 28, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM ALLENSpecialist Five · April 23, 1968
- KENNETH RAY NEWSOMELance Corporal · May 6, 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.