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REMBRANDT CECIL ROBINSON
Rear Admiral · U.S. Navy
October 2, 1924 – May 8, 1972
Service recordRembrandt Cecil Robinson, of Clearfield, Pennsylvania, served as a Rear Admiral in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 8, 1972, in North Vietnam, at age 47. His name is inscribed on Panel 1W, Line 15 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 1W · Line 15
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
- Rear Admiral (RADM)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Surface Warfare (1110)
- Born
- October 2, 1924
- Home of record
- Clearfield, Pennsylvania (Multiple County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 8, 1972
- Age
- 47
- Country
- North Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — Passenger (MC)
Context · from the records
What was happening
Three names on the Wall carry the date May 8, 1972. In May 1972, 113 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
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 15
- EDMUND BATTELLE TAYLOR JRCaptain · May 8, 1972
- JOHN TIMOTHY CONRYFirst Lieutenant · May 9, 1972
- MIKE JOHN AGUILARSergeant · May 10, 1972
- OSCAR AGUILARSpecialist Four · May 10, 1972
From Clearfield
- JOSEPH R NATOLISecond Lieutenant · July 29, 1967
- RONALD NORMAN BLOOMSergeant · August 2, 1968
- CHARLES F SCOTTCaptain · November 27, 1973
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.