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RALPH LEWIS ROBINSON
Seaman · U.S. Navy
May 11, 1952 – October 1, 1972
Service recordRalph Lewis Robinson, of Baltimore, Maryland, served as a Seaman in the U.S. Navy. He died on October 1, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 79 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 79
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. Navy
- Rank
- Seaman (SN)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Seaman (SN)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 7 FLT
- Born
- May 11, 1952
- Home of record
- Baltimore, Maryland (Baltimore (City) County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- October 1, 1972
- Age
- 20
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date October 1, 1972. In October 1972, 65 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “7 FLT”, his unit in the record, lost 4 of its members that month.
He died in North Vietnam while the Easter Offensive was under way. On 30 March 1972, North Vietnam launched its largest offensive since 1968, attacking across the DMZ, toward An Lộc and into the Central Highlands. By then few U.S. ground troops remained; American advisers and air power fought alongside the South Vietnamese.
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On the Wall
Also on Panel 1W, Line 79
- LANNY ALLEN YORKFirst Lieutenant · September 16, 1972
- WESLEY HAROLD ROSEPetty Officer First Class · October 1, 1972
- RICKY LEE RUCKERSeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
- JEFFREY LYNN SCHELLERSeaman Apprentice · October 1, 1972
- DAVID LEE SCOTTSeaman · October 1, 1972
Same unit, same day
- STANLEY GEORGE PILOT JRSeaman Apprentice · Panel 1W, Line 78
- RICKY LEE RUCKERSeaman Apprentice · Panel 1W, Line 79
From Baltimore
- EVERETTE LEROY DONALDSONPrivate First Class · June 29, 1964
- WILLIAM EDWARD FOWLERLance Corporal · July 9, 1965
- FRANK ROBERT SAXONLance Corporal · September 14, 1965
- JAMES MCKINLEY LONGPrivate First Class · October 5, 1965
- THOMAS JAMES SCHINDLERSergeant · October 5, 1965
- SAMUEL L HOLMANSergeant · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD DEANE OTTStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ODELL VAUGHANStaff Sergeant · November 17, 1965
- JAMES ANTHONY WATSONSecond Lieutenant · December 4, 1965
- PHILIP JAMES MCCARTHYSergeant · December 5, 1965
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.