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MITCHELL ROBINSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
August 26, 1950 – May 6, 1970
Service recordMitchell Robinson, of Newark, New Jersey, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 6, 1970, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 11W, Line 117 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11W · Line 117
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 26, 1950
- Home of record
- Newark, New Jersey (Essex County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 6, 1970
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
59 names on the Wall carry the date May 6, 1970; three of them were lost in Quảng Ngãi Province. In May 1970, 917 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 11th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 28 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11W, Line 117
- ROY CARLAS RANSOMSpecialist Four · May 6, 1970
- DICKIE WALTER REAGANSergeant · May 6, 1970
- GARY FOSTER SNYDERSergeant First Class · May 6, 1970
- REFUGIO THOMAS TERANStaff Sergeant · May 6, 1970
From Newark
- KELLY KARL HEINZEStaff Sergeant · August 24, 1965
- LEROY WILLIAMS JRPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- RICHARD BURGANSPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- SCIP TATESpecialist Four · November 8, 1965
- ROBERT GOINESSergeant · December 5, 1965
- JOHN PRESTON GREENESpecialist Four · December 5, 1965
- WESTOVEL VENABLEPrivate First Class · January 25, 1966
- ROY RANSOM ALLENPrivate First Class · March 21, 1966
- ARNOLD WOODSONSpecialist Four · April 5, 1966
- DONALD EDWIN SIEGWARTHLieutenant (junior grade) · June 17, 1966
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.