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KENNETH JAMES ROBINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 14, 1950 – March 11, 1969
Service recordKenneth James Robinson, of Fontana, California, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 18. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 13
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
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Vehicle Driver (64B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- June 14, 1950
- Home of record
- Fontana, California (San Bernardino County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 18
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Artillery/Mortar/Rocket
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; 15 of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 174 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 13
- DEAN RUSSELL ORNFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1969
- THOMAS POLDINOSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- ROBIN WILLIAM RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- TOMMY LEE ROBINSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM HOWARD BARKSDALESergeant · Panel 29W, Line 4
- WAYNE ALLEN BRATZSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 5
- MILFRED HAROLD DINGMANSergeant First Class · Panel 29W, Line 6
- VANDERBILT ELLIOTT JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 7
- EDWARD THOMAS COOPERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 8
- TERRELL THOMAS HAMSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 9
- SAMUEL LOYD HOLDERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 10
- VINCENT GENE LEWSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 11
- JOSEPH ANTHONY LEWISSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 11
- JEAN D MARTINSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 11
- JOHN FREDERICK MORRISPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 12
- CARLOS LEROY TARTTSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 15
- JOHN RANDOLPH WEIRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 15
- HOWARD GREGORY WEBSTERPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 16
From Fontana
- RICHARD ALLEN NOELKEPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- DOMINIC ANTHONY CORONAPrivate First Class · July 29, 1966
- GARY RICHARD DANSERSpecialist Four · July 20, 1967
- JOSEPH PENN MAREKPrivate First Class · November 15, 1967
- JOHN ARLINGTON RODGERSSpecialist Four · April 20, 1968
- RONALD ELLIS WILTSEFirst Lieutenant · May 13, 1968
- RICHARD ARTHUR LANESpecialist Five · June 16, 1968
- GARY ELLIS HOADLEYSergeant · August 3, 1968
- CALVIN LEWISCorporal · January 6, 1969
- PARIS WILLIAM MONTANEZPrivate First Class · January 27, 1969
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.