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RUSSELL LINDSEY ROBBINS
First Lieutenant · U.S. Army
April 7, 1942 – May 2, 1967
Service recordRussell Lindsey Robbins, of Ft Worth, Texas, served as a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army. He died on May 2, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 19E, Line 18 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 19E · Line 18
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
- First Lieutenant (1LT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Unit (as recorded)
- 71 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV
- Born
- April 7, 1942
- Home of record
- Ft Worth, Texas (Tarrant County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 2, 1967
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
56 names on the Wall carry the date May 2, 1967. In May 1967, 1,396 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 19E, Line 18
- ROY ALLEN ROBERTSON JRPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- CLARENCE JIMMIE SIMMONSPrivate First Class · May 2, 1967
- DOUGLAS WAYNE TALLONSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
- WLADMIR WILLIAM ZUBARSpecialist Four · May 2, 1967
From Ft Worth
- GEORGE MARKOSCaptain · February 7, 1965
- CHARLES M DANSBYCaptain · April 24, 1965
- JACK WILTON WEATHERBYCaptain · July 29, 1965
- PAUL WAYNE MANSIRPrivate First Class · September 11, 1965
- JAMES EDWARD THOMASPrivate First Class · October 3, 1965
- DONALD JAY TANNERLance Corporal · December 4, 1965
- DONALD REY HAWLEYCaptain · December 17, 1965
- OTHA THEANDER THOMPSONCorporal · August 24, 1965
- HARVEY WAYNE JONESPrivate First Class · March 4, 1966
- LEWIS DOUGLAS BELLMajor · March 5, 1966
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.