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LIONEL LARUE ROBINSON
Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
November 29, 1947 – April 10, 1968
Service recordLionel Larue Robinson, of Wilmington, Delaware, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on April 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 49E, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 49E · Line 15
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- November 29, 1947
- Home of record
- Wilmington, Delaware (New Castle County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 10, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date April 10, 1968; 15 of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 49E, Line 15
- RONALD PAUL SCHWORERSpecialist Four · April 9, 1967
- JOSEPH A PURYEARSpecialist Four · April 10, 1968
- MARTIN JOHN REIDYPrivate First Class · April 10, 1968
- WAYNE ALBERT SLANKARDCorporal · April 10, 1968
From Wilmington
- WILBERT RUDOLPH BUTLERPrivate First Class · February 7, 1966
- FREDERICK E SMITHPrivate First Class · February 26, 1966
- EDMUND LAWRENCE SUDLERSpecialist Four · March 23, 1966
- JAMES VOELKEL DONNELLYSpecialist Four · March 25, 1966
- CHARLES EDWARD PORTERSergeant · April 8, 1966
- ROBERT NIELSEN TAMSPrivate First Class · May 10, 1966
- ROBERT MICHAEL BOWMANPrivate First Class · June 29, 1966
- JAMES JOSEPH CONNELLLieutenant Commander · July 15, 1966
- WOLFRAM WALTHER BISCHOFSergeant First Class · February 13, 1967
- LOUIS ANTHONY LEATHERBURYPrivate · March 24, 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.