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MICHAEL JAMES ROBINSON
Private · U.S. Army
August 5, 1950 – November 13, 1969
Service recordMichael James Robinson, of Highland Park, New Jersey, served as a Private in the U.S. Army. He died on November 13, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 16W, Line 72 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 16W · 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
- Private (PVT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Surveyor (82C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM
- Born
- August 5, 1950
- Home of record
- Highland Park, New Jersey (Middlesex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- November 13, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
19 names on the Wall carry the date November 13, 1969; he was the only one lost in Tây Ninh Province that day. In November 1969, 660 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “US ARMY REP OF VIETNAM”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 16W, Line 72
- CYRIL HARRIS TOWNLEYLance Corporal · November 13, 1969
- TERRY LEE ANDRESENPrivate First Class · November 14, 1969
- DAVID PETER J BEDROSIANSpecialist Four · November 14, 1969
- HOWARD MICHAEL BURNSPetty Officer Third Class · November 14, 1969
From Highland Park
- JOSEPH KLEINCorporal · June 5, 1968
- WAYNE CARLYLE PISCIOTTASpecialist Four · July 8, 1971
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.