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MELVIN ROBINSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
June 26, 1950 – May 25, 1971
Service recordMelvin Robinson, of Greenville, South Carolina, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on May 25, 1971, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 55 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 55
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
- Utility Helicopter Repairer (67N)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 AVN BDE
- Born
- June 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Greenville, South Carolina (Greenville County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 25, 1971
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date May 25, 1971; five of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In May 1971, 202 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Aviation Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 27 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 55
- MICHAEL DEAN RIDDLESergeant · May 25, 1971
- LEROY JAMES WESTRAWarrant Officer 1 · May 25, 1971
- ROBERT LOWELL GREENSTREETSpecialist Five · May 26, 1971
- STEVEN WAYNE HENDRICKSSpecialist Four · May 26, 1971
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM EDWARD ADAMSMajor · Panel 3W, Line 54
- JOHN DEHAAS CURRANCaptain · Panel 3W, Line 54
- DENNIS CHARLES DURANDSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 54
- JOHN WAYNE LITTLETONSpecialist Four · Panel 3W, Line 54
- LEROY JAMES WESTRAWarrant Officer 1 · Panel 3W, Line 55
From Greenville
- THOMAS EDWARD MCMAHAN JRCaptain · September 28, 1965
- GARY RAY BRYANTSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- WALTER REAVES TATE JRSpecialist Four · July 20, 1966
- WILLIAM HENRY HAWKINSStaff Sergeant · July 24, 1966
- SAMUEL RALPH MOSERPrivate First Class · August 3, 1966
- CHARLIE LYLES JRSergeant · November 17, 1966
- KENNETH RHODESSpecialist Four · December 12, 1966
- DOUGLAS MACARTHUR MCCRARYFirst Lieutenant · February 16, 1967
- DANA CORNELL DARNELLLance Corporal · April 26, 1967
- JIMMY WILLIAM HALLLance Corporal · June 7, 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.