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SHEPPARD ROBINSON JR
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
January 7, 1941 – February 18, 1966
Service recordSheppard Robinson JR, of Miami, Florida, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on February 18, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 25. His name is inscribed on Panel 5E, Line 49 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 5E · Line 49
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- January 7, 1941
- Home of record
- Miami, Florida (Dade County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 18, 1966
- Age
- 25
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date February 18, 1966. In February 1966, 513 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 123 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 5E, Line 49
- JAMES THOMAS RUFFINLieutenant Commander · February 18, 1966
- THOMAS ANTHONY SCHROEFFELLieutenant (junior grade) · February 18, 1966
- DONALD MAILY SHAFER IIPrivate First Class · February 18, 1966
- ALBERT MERRIMAN SMITHCaptain · February 18, 1966
Same unit, same day
- RICHARD FRANK BARNESPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 44
- BOB GENE BRUMLEYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 45
- GLENN VERNARD CURRYSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 45
- WILLIE EDWARD DAVISPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 45
- REYNALDO ROY CAVAZOSPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- ANDREW ALBERT GRAZIANOPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- PATRICK JAMES HARRISPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 46
- JAMES WESLEY MIZE JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 48
- DOMINIC J PREIRA JRSpecialist Four · Panel 5E, Line 48
- WILLIAM CECIL RIGGPrivate First Class · Panel 5E, Line 48
- WALTER ALEXANDER TERLECKISergeant · Panel 5E, Line 50
From Miami
- LOUIS ANTHONY CARRICARTESecond Lieutenant · December 12, 1963
- RANDOLPH CHESTER HOLDERLance Corporal · May 28, 1965
- ALBERT FRED ROBERTSStaff Sergeant · June 18, 1965
- ROBERT WILLIAM REAGANChief Warrant Officer 2 · September 9, 1965
- SAM MICHAEL SAVAS JRMajor · October 12, 1965
- JEFFRY LETSON KOCKRITZSergeant · October 28, 1965
- RONALD HAROLD LUKEPrivate First Class · November 4, 1965
- OSVALDO AMODIASSergeant · November 17, 1965
- JERRY NELSON HUGHESPrivate First Class · January 10, 1966
- LEON BOYD SMITH IICaptain · January 12, 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.