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LUTHER ROBINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
July 26, 1927 – June 3, 1967
Service recordLuther Robinson, of Beaver, Ohio, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on June 3, 1967, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 39. His name is inscribed on Panel 21E, Line 51 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21E · Line 51
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 196 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- July 26, 1927
- Home of record
- Beaver, Ohio (Pike County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 3, 1967
- Age
- 39
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date June 3, 1967; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In June 1967, 948 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 196th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 6 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21E, Line 51
- JAMES WHITEFORD PRICE JRSpecialist Four · June 3, 1967
- ROBERT RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · June 3, 1967
- TERRY MARTIN RIMESSergeant Major · June 3, 1967
- KARL BALTHASAR RISCHE JRCorporal · June 3, 1967
From Beaver
- WALTER EARL DUNCAN JRPrivate First Class · May 20, 1967
- THOMAS JEFFERSON SIZEMOREStaff Sergeant · July 7, 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.