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ROBERT JAMES ROBINSON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 21, 1947 – June 23, 1969
Service recordRobert James Robinson, of Plainfield, New Jersey, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on June 23, 1969, in Kontum Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 21W, Line 2 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 21W · Line 2
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. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Combat Engineer (12B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- D CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE
- Born
- January 21, 1947
- Home of record
- Plainfield, New Jersey (Union County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 23, 1969
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Kontum
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
65 names on the Wall carry the date June 23, 1969; six of them were lost in Kon Tum Province. In June 1969, 1,246 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “D CO 299 ENG BN 937 ENG GRP 18 ENG BDE”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 21W, Line 2
- WAYNE RUSSELLPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- LELAND CHARLES COOKE SAGELieutenant · June 23, 1969
- DOUGLAS PAUL SAVAGEPrivate First Class · June 23, 1969
- RONALD LEE VANDUZERCorporal · June 23, 1969
From Plainfield
- EDWARD KNELL KISSAM JRCaptain · February 11, 1962
- KENT DOUGLAS JORDANLance Corporal · November 3, 1965
- CHARLIE ALFRED CARDENSpecialist Four · May 29, 1966
- RODNEY ALVIN JAMESPrivate · July 22, 1966
- JOHN JOSEPH FOLEY IIILance Corporal · June 11, 1967
- CONRAD ANTHONY STYBELFirst Lieutenant · September 17, 1967
- STANLEY SPIKESSpecialist Four · April 13, 1968
- EUGENE WILLIAM HENDRICKSStaff Sergeant · October 21, 1968
- SALVATORE ALFRED ROWEPrivate First Class · December 13, 1968
- JAMES FRANKLIN BOYCEPrivate First Class · January 20, 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.