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ROBERT EDWARD ROBINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 18, 1946 – September 27, 1966
Service recordRobert Edward Robinson, of Chicago, Illinois, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 11E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 11E · Line 23
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 4 INF DIV
- Born
- February 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Chicago, Illinois (Cook County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1966
- Age
- 20
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
18 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1966. In September 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 4th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 12 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 11E, Line 23
- GROVER C MATHEWS JRCorporal · September 27, 1966
- GARY PAUL MEYERPrivate First Class · September 27, 1966
- CARROLL WAYNE POWELLLance Corporal · September 27, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY ROWLETTSpecialist Four · September 27, 1966
Same unit, same day
- WILLIAM RICHARD MASTERSSpecialist Four · Panel 11E, Line 22
- VICKEY EARL STANLEYPrivate First Class · Panel 11E, Line 24
- ISTVAN SZABOStaff Sergeant · Panel 11E, Line 24
From Chicago
- MELVIN LESTER WATERSPrivate · February 10, 1965
- WILLIAM RALPH FUHRMANPetty Officer Third Class · April 23, 1965
- RAYMOND LEON HORNCorporal · May 1, 1965
- ARTHUR C JEPSON JRCaptain · May 16, 1965
- DONALD CLAY DEDMONStaff Sergeant · June 10, 1965
- ROGER PELIKANLance Corporal · July 17, 1965
- HARRY COHENTechnical Sergeant · July 19, 1969
- CURTIS LOCKHARTPrivate First Class · July 30, 1965
- EDWARD KOPECPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- JAMES LEO WHITELance Corporal · August 19, 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.