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ROBIN MANGUM
Lieutenant Colonel · U.S. Army
November 24, 1933 – December 6, 1969
Service recordRobin Mangum, of Spartanburg, South Carolina, served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the U.S. Army. He died on December 6, 1969, in Binh Long Province, South Vietnam, at age 36. His name is inscribed on Panel 15W, Line 32 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 15W · Line 32
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Lieutenant Colonel (LTC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Unit Commander (1542)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- November 24, 1933
- Home of record
- Spartanburg, South Carolina (Spartanburg County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 6, 1969
- Age
- 36
- Province
- Binh Long
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
16 names on the Wall carry the date December 6, 1969; he was the only one lost in Binh Long Province that day. In December 1969, 509 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 48 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 15W, Line 32
- ROBERT ARTHUR FALKENAUFirst Lieutenant · December 6, 1969
- CHARLES ELTON FERRELLCaptain · December 6, 1969
- GARY LLOYD HEINSpecialist Five · December 6, 1969
- LARRY LOUISE HOHMANSergeant · December 6, 1969
Same unit, same day
- LARRY LOUISE HOHMANSergeant · Panel 15W, Line 32
From Spartanburg
- THOMAS RICE JRSpecialist Four · December 28, 1965
- DONALD THOMAS MITCHELLSpecialist Four · January 25, 1966
- CHARLES BENJAMIN NORRISSergeant · April 21, 1966
- FRED HAROLD STILLPrivate First Class · August 2, 1966
- JAMES WESLEY CANTRELLSpecialist Four · November 15, 1966
- JERRY DEAN WORTHYSpecialist Four · February 1, 1967
- LEYBURN W BROCKWELL JRLieutenant Colonel · May 1, 1967
- JAMES EDWIN WOODLance Corporal · June 2, 1967
- JIMMIE LEWISPrivate First Class · July 2, 1967
- GAREY LEE HENSLEYSpecialist Four · September 15, 1967
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.