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TERRY ALAN ROBINSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
December 8, 1946 – July 29, 1968
Service recordTerry Alan Robinson, of New York, New York, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on July 29, 1968, in Quang Tri Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 50W, Line 31 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 50W · Line 31
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- December 8, 1946
- Home of record
- New York, New York (Kings County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 29, 1968
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Quang Tri
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
26 names on the Wall carry the date July 29, 1968; five of them were lost in Quảng Trị Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 85 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 50W, Line 31
- DONALD SMITH MCGINLEYCorporal · July 29, 1968
- CARLOS GARCIA MUNOZCorporal · July 29, 1968
- DOUGLAS GORDON ORVISFirst Lieutenant · July 29, 1968
- WILLARD ORVAL PACKSergeant · July 29, 1968
Same unit, same day
- ALFRED JOHN DAVIES JRSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 29
- JOHN VINCENT GRESSELFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50W, Line 30
- CARLOS GARCIA MUNOZCorporal · Panel 50W, Line 31
- DOUGLAS GORDON ORVISFirst Lieutenant · Panel 50W, Line 31
- WILLARD ORVAL PACKSergeant · Panel 50W, Line 31
From New York
- WALTER R MCCARTHY JRCaptain · June 16, 1962
- JOHN HOWARD MCCLEANCaptain · August 16, 1963
- DONALD ALLAN MOLLICONEFirst Lieutenant · December 20, 1963
- VINCENT JOSEPH HICKMANCaptain · January 14, 1964
- MARTIN STOCKFEDERPrivate First Class · July 15, 1964
- ROBERT GEORGE ARMSTRONGFirst Lieutenant · October 24, 1964
- DOMINICK SANSONESergeant First Class · December 10, 1964
- DONALD GILBERT COOKColonel · December 31, 1964
- TERENCE MEREDITH MURPHYLieutenant (junior grade) · April 9, 1965
- ROBERT CARL WISTRANDColonel · May 9, 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.