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ROBERTIS PINKNEY
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
December 18, 1946 – August 16, 1970
Service recordRobertis Pinkney, of Detroit, Michigan, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on August 16, 1970, in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 8W, Line 116 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 8W · Line 116
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Armor Reconnaissance Specialist (11D)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 11 ARMORED CAV
- Born
- December 18, 1946
- Home of record
- Detroit, Michigan (Wayne County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- August 16, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Binh Duong
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
Eight names on the Wall carry the date August 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Bình Dương Province. In August 1970, 452 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “11 ARMORED CAV”, his unit in the record, lost 10 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 8W, Line 116
- WILLIAM H VANGELDER JRPrivate First Class · August 15, 1970
- ELVIN JAMES JRPrivate First Class · August 16, 1970
- BILLY NEAL JOHNSTON JRStaff Sergeant · August 16, 1970
- STEVEN ROBERT OTTLance Corporal · August 16, 1970
From Detroit
- SAMUEL EUGENE HURDAirman Third Class · January 3, 1964
- LEO BERT ABRAMOSKICaptain · July 28, 1964
- GEORGE PAUL ZUPANCICCorporal · June 26, 1965
- MARSHALL DANIEL HOLMANPrivate First Class · July 9, 1965
- ELIAS BELL JRCorporal · July 13, 1965
- ARTHUR F HAMMARSTROM JRLieutenant Colonel · July 24, 1965
- JAMES THOMAS CLARKPrivate · August 17, 1965
- BRUCE JAMES HENRICHPrivate First Class · August 18, 1965
- ROBERT TAGLIONESergeant · August 18, 1965
- MERRILL LAGENE LANTRYCorporal · September 2, 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.