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LEWIS MERRITT ROBINSON
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Air Force
February 1, 1921 – June 4, 1967
Service recordLewis Merritt Robinson, of Saginaw, Michigan, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He died on June 4, 1967, in Laos, at age 46. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 56 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 56
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. Air Force
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTCOL)
- Service
- Regular
- Born
- February 1, 1921
- Home of record
- Saginaw, Michigan (Saginaw County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 4, 1967
- Age
- 46
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date June 4, 1967. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 56
- MICHAEL DEAN GEORGESpecialist Four · June 4, 1967
- JAMES HARLEY OVERPECKPrivate First Class · June 4, 1967
- CELSO A PEREZCaptain · June 4, 1967
- LARRY LEE PRICEPrivate · June 4, 1967
From Saginaw
- BRICKIE BOWMAN JRPrivate · May 23, 1965
- PAUL HAMILTON JRSergeant · October 3, 1965
- HEZEKIAH GOSS JRSpecialist Five · January 15, 1966
- ROBERT ALLEN KOWALSKICorporal · January 25, 1966
- TERRY R MCLEANStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1966
- WILLIAM JOSEPH COXPrivate First Class · October 13, 1966
- MILES DENNIS COOPERPrivate First Class · November 19, 1966
- EDWARD EARL SCHELLPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT CUSHMANSpecialist Four · March 20, 1967
- STANLEY FOSTER BARRETTPrivate First Class · April 27, 1967
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.