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MARVIN RAY ROBINSON
Specialist Five · U.S. Army
July 10, 1946 – September 11, 1969
Service recordMarvin Ray Robinson, of Livingston, Texas, served as a Specialist Five in the U.S. Army. He died on September 11, 1969, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 18W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 18W · 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 Five (SP5)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Born
- July 10, 1946
- Home of record
- Livingston, Texas (Polk County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 11, 1969
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Illness
- Circumstance
- Infectious Disease
Context · from the records
What was happening
39 names on the Wall carry the date September 11, 1969; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1969, 664 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 18W, Line 72
- BRUCE STEWART GIBSONCaptain · September 11, 1969
- CHARLES BRENT ROSSFirst Lieutenant · September 11, 1969
- JERRY VAN RYANCorporal · September 11, 1969
- DENNIS WAYNE SHEWSpecialist Four · September 11, 1969
From Livingston
- ANDREW LEWIS STEPHENSPrivate First Class · November 21, 1966
- JOHNNY VENT JOHNSONSergeant · November 22, 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.