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RICHARD JOSEPH ROBBINS
Captain · U.S. Air Force
October 18, 1931 – April 19, 1966
Service recordRichard Joseph Robbins, of Cleveland, Ohio, served as a Captain in the U.S. Air Force. He died on April 19, 1966, in Laos, at age 34. His name is inscribed on Panel 6E, Line 123 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6E · Line 123
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Air Force
- Rank
- Captain (CAPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Flight Training Instructor (1355B)
- Born
- October 18, 1931
- Home of record
- Cleveland, Ohio (Cuyahoga County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1966
- Age
- 34
- Country
- Laos
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
Nine names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1966. In April 1966, 406 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
He died in Laos while the air war over Laos was under way. From 1964 to 1973, U.S. aircraft bombed the Ho Chi Minh Trail and supported the war in northern Laos; many of the Americans lost over Laos were never recovered.
Also on Panel 6E, Line 123
- DARRELL ZANE MAGRUDERPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- A D MOSLEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
- BENNETT HOWELL OWENS JRSergeant · April 19, 1966
- THELBERT K THOMPSON JRPrivate First Class · April 19, 1966
From Cleveland
- HAROLD E STRONG JRSergeant First Class · January 23, 1965
- KENNETH LEE DEAN JRCaptain · April 20, 1965
- BOBBY RUSSELLSergeant First Class · June 10, 1965
- THOMAS H BOTTSSergeant First Class · September 4, 1965
- LEONARD JOHN DADANTEFirst Lieutenant · September 9, 1965
- JOHN PAUL DUCHNOWSKILance Corporal · November 5, 1965
- LAVALLE ERNEST CARLTONPrivate First Class · November 8, 1965
- DONALD ROBERT CLARKCaptain · November 9, 1965
- DAVID LOUIS MENDOZASpecialist Four · November 17, 1965
- RICHARD KILLENSSpecialist Four · 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.