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ROBIN LEE VARNEY
Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 26, 1947 – September 27, 1967
Service recordRobin Lee Varney, of Seattle, Washington, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on September 27, 1967, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 27E, Line 23 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 27E · Line 23
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Heavy Anti-Armor Weapons Infantryman (11H)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- February 26, 1947
- Home of record
- Seattle, Washington (King County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 27, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
25 names on the Wall carry the date September 27, 1967; three of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In September 1967, 929 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 39 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 27E, Line 23
- MACK LEE WOOLLEY JRSergeant · September 27, 1967
- WILLIE FRANK ASHLEYPrivate First Class · September 28, 1967
- JOHN ROBERT BAMVAKAIS JRSergeant · September 28, 1967
- JOHN PETER BURGESSPrivate · September 28, 1967
Same unit, same day
- LOUIS WILLIAM BELLACH JRCorporal · Panel 27E, Line 18
- JERRY GRANT INGRAMPrivate First Class · Panel 27E, Line 20
- STEVEN BLAINE RICCIONECorporal · Panel 27E, Line 22
From Seattle
- RICHARD WEBB GEYERMajor · July 6, 1963
- HARRY ALLEN WALLINGSergeant · June 19, 1964
- WILLIAM ROBERT HAMLINSpecialist Five · December 8, 1964
- BERNARD WAYNE DIBBERTLieutenant Colonel · June 1, 1965
- MOON WAI LOCKSpecialist Four · June 28, 1965
- WALTER JOHN ZIMMERPrivate First Class · August 23, 1965
- ROBERT FRANKLIN BARBERLieutenant · September 18, 1965
- STEPHEN GOULD RICHARDSONLieutenant (junior grade) · November 30, 1965
- JACOB DRUMMOND LOGANLieutenant (junior grade) · December 2, 1965
- DANIEL JOHN GUILMETPrivate First Class · December 18, 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.