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LANCE ALLEN ROBINSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
June 23, 1950 – March 23, 1971
Service recordLance Allen Robinson, of Brookfield, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on March 23, 1971, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 4W, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 4W · Line 71
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- June 23, 1950
- Home of record
- Brookfield, Wisconsin (Waukesha County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 23, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
12 names on the Wall carry the date March 23, 1971; seven of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In March 1971, 429 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 77 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 4W, Line 71
- DONALD KEITH OSBORNCaptain · March 23, 1971
- JEFFERY IGLESIAS QUINTANILLASergeant · March 23, 1971
- WILLIAM LEROY SCHELLSpecialist Four · March 23, 1971
- WARREN PAUL SEAWELCorporal · March 23, 1971
Same unit, same day
- JOHN DIETRICH HEINZSergeant · Panel 4W, Line 70
- JEFFREY CHARLES KEETLECorporal · Panel 4W, Line 70
- JEFFERY IGLESIAS QUINTANILLASergeant · Panel 4W, Line 71
- WARREN PAUL SEAWELCorporal · Panel 4W, Line 71
From Brookfield
- WILLIAM ROBERT GLUECKSTEINHospitalman · January 29, 1966
- JAMES BRIAN HUDISLieutenant (junior grade) · October 26, 1966
- HOWARD V MATSON JRLance Corporal · December 4, 1966
- ROBERT JAMES MANNSpecialist Four · January 8, 1967
- THOMAS ARTHUR GERGPrivate First Class · January 12, 1967
- JOHN PAUL VISPrivate First Class · September 18, 1967
- RICHARD WILLIAM STEINSpecialist Four · October 26, 1967
- WILLIAM EDWIN PIERSONLance Corporal · December 15, 1967
- DONALD ALAN KIRKHAMHospitalman · February 1, 1968
- JAMES GEORGE ZEIMETWarrant Officer 1 · September 4, 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.