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NATHAN LYEN ROBINSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
August 30, 1937 – February 25, 1968
Service recordNathan Lyen Robinson, of Harrodsburg, Kentucky, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on February 25, 1968, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 30. His name is inscribed on Panel 41E, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 41E · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 199 LIGHT INF BDE
- Born
- August 30, 1937
- Home of record
- Harrodsburg, Kentucky (Mercer County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 25, 1968
- Age
- 30
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Burns/Smoke Inhalation
Context · from the records
What was happening
96 names on the Wall carry the date February 25, 1968; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In February 1968, 2,260 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 199th Light Infantry Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 42 of its members that month.
He died in Binh Long Province while the Tet Offensive was under way. Beginning on the night of 30–31 January 1968, Viet Cong and North Vietnamese forces attacked more than 100 cities and towns across South Vietnam, including the U.S. Embassy in Saigon. February 1968 was the deadliest month of the war for Americans.
Also on Panel 41E, Line 31
- FRANK ADAM SZYMANSKI IVPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- CLAYTON JOSEPH THEYERLPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JAMES VINCENT THORNTONSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
- GERALD FRANCIS TRACYSpecialist Four · February 25, 1968
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS JOSEPH COONEYSecond Lieutenant · Panel 41E, Line 20
- RICHARD J FAULKNERSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 20
- JAMES VINCENT THORNTONSpecialist Four · Panel 41E, Line 31
- BARRY MILTON WOPINSKIPrivate First Class · Panel 41E, Line 34
From Harrodsburg
- JOHN BETHEL TAPPLieutenant Commander · March 23, 1966
- HOWARD HADDEN DEANSergeant · January 26, 1967
- STEPHAN LEROY BECHTELPetty Officer Third Class · February 11, 1968
- CECIL DAUGHERTYSergeant · September 20, 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.