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JOSEPH ROBERT ROBINSON
Staff Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
May 12, 1938 – March 28, 1967
Service recordJoseph Robert Robinson, of Dover, New Hampshire, served as a Staff Sergeant in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on March 28, 1967, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 28. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 64 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 64
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
- Staff Sergeant (SSGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Leader (0369)
- Born
- May 12, 1938
- Home of record
- Dover, New Hampshire (Strafford County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 28, 1967
- Age
- 28
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
32 names on the Wall carry the date March 28, 1967; four of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 64
- RONALD WILLIAM PORTERCorporal · March 28, 1967
- GLENN WESLEY SHAFERCorporal · March 28, 1967
- DON LEE SHOCKLEYLance Corporal · March 28, 1967
- HOWARD STANLEY STEVENSCorporal · March 28, 1967
From Dover
- GEORGE WILLIAM RIORDANPetty Officer Third Class · March 14, 1968
- BARRY MALCOLM HILLSGROVEPrivate First Class · March 30, 1968
- THOMAS J MORRISSEY JRCorporal · June 5, 1968
- GERALD JAMES FROSTCorporal · June 8, 1968
- RAYMOND COYLE DALEYFirst Lieutenant · July 3, 1968
- ALFRED VIELPrivate First Class · December 22, 1968
- THOMAS MICHAELSergeant · March 28, 1969
- MICHAEL THOMAS MCGLONESergeant · September 11, 1969
- THOMAS PHILIP ONEILLStaff Sergeant · March 14, 1970
- DENNIS NICK VATISTASPrivate First Class · December 22, 1970
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.