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ROBERT EUGENE ROBINSON
Lieutenant Commander · U.S. Navy
May 19, 1934 – May 13, 1967
Service recordRobert Eugene Robinson, of Anna, Illinois, served as a Lieutenant Commander in the U.S. Navy. He died on May 13, 1967, in Kien Giang Province, South Vietnam, at age 32. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 111 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 111
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
- Lieutenant Commander (LCDR)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Url Pilot (1310)
- Born
- May 19, 1934
- Home of record
- Anna, Illinois (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 13, 1967
- Age
- 32
- Province
- Kien Giang
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Aircraft Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date May 13, 1967; two of them were lost in Kien Giang Province. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 111
- MELECIO ORTIZCorporal · May 13, 1967
- CHARLES KENT PURCELL IIPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- LARRY LEROY REISSIGPrivate First Class · May 13, 1967
- JAMES DEREK REYNOLDSLance Corporal · May 13, 1967
From Anna
- STEVEN WILLIAM MCCLOUDPrivate First Class · June 9, 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.