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LOYD EUGENE ROBINSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 17, 1950 – June 11, 1971
Service recordLoyd Eugene Robinson, of Horner, West Virginia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 11, 1971, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 72
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- February 17, 1950
- Home of record
- Horner, West Virginia (Lewis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 11, 1971
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
Five names on the Wall carry the date June 11, 1971; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In June 1971, 181 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 16 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 72
- LOUIE GOOCH MONTOYASpecialist Four · June 10, 1971
- WILLIAM CHARLES BILYPrivate First Class · June 11, 1971
- THOMAS JOSEPH CONNIFFSergeant · June 11, 1971
- JOHNNY JACKSONSpecialist Four · June 11, 1971
From Horner
- JOE HAROLD PRINGLESergeant Major · February 2, 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.