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THOMAS LEON ROBINSON
Master Sergeant · U.S. Army
February 26, 1936 – March 17, 1969
Service recordThomas Leon Robinson, of Muskegon, Michigan, served as a Master Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on March 17, 1969, in Sa Dec Province, South Vietnam, at age 33. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 63 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 63
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Master Sergeant (MSG)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantry Operations And Intelligence Specialist (11F)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- February 26, 1936
- Home of record
- Muskegon, Michigan (Muskegon County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 17, 1969
- Age
- 33
- Province
- Sa Dec
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
37 names on the Wall carry the date March 17, 1969; he was the only one lost in Sa Dec Province that day. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 20 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 63
- JAY HARRISON MANCHESTERPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- JOSEPH A PETRARCAPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
- DEWEY JUNIOR RAYSpecialist Four · March 17, 1969
- ROBERT JOHN REGENHARDT JRPrivate First Class · March 17, 1969
From Muskegon
- LOUIS KENNETH KANAARCaptain · January 9, 1966
- RICHARD NORMAN GEREAUCaptain · March 5, 1966
- DONALD LEWIS KINGColonel · May 14, 1966
- JAMES ALLEN TAZELAARPrivate First Class · June 28, 1966
- DANIEL LEE EARLENBAUGHSpecialist Four · August 26, 1966
- ROBERT GAYLE DAVISONSergeant · December 17, 1966
- JAMES HARVEY HOPSONPrivate First Class · March 21, 1967
- ANTONIO RAMON PONCEPrivate First Class · November 12, 1967
- GERALD RAY HENDRICKSONCorporal · November 26, 1967
- DAVID ORVILLE KAMPCorporal · December 27, 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.