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TIMOTHY FRANCIS ROBSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
February 18, 1948 – May 20, 1969
Service recordTimothy Francis Robson, of Green Bay, Wisconsin, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on May 20, 1969, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 21. His name is inscribed on Panel 24W, Line 61 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 24W · Line 61
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
- Corporal (CPL)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- February 18, 1948
- Home of record
- Green Bay, Wisconsin (Brown County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- May 20, 1969
- Age
- 21
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
30 names on the Wall carry the date May 20, 1969; two of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In May 1969, 1,456 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 29 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 24W, Line 61
- JOHN MICHAEL RANDALLSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- JAMES BENJAMIN SHELBYSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- RAYMOND MACK SHINELDECKERSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
- DALE GENE SMITHSpecialist Four · May 20, 1969
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS FREDRICK BARTHCorporal · Panel 24W, Line 57
From Green Bay
- JAMES DAVID LAHAYECommander · May 8, 1965
- RICHARD CHARLES MCKEE JRPrivate First Class · March 5, 1967
- DANIEL RAYMOND SMEESTERCorporal · July 1, 1967
- RICHARD THOMAS JACKSONSergeant · January 6, 1968
- JAMES RICHARD LOYHospitalman · January 11, 1968
- JOSEPH LLOYD BEGOTKASergeant · January 27, 1968
- LAWRENCE NORBART STANGELConstructionman · January 31, 1968
- GEARWIN PHILLIP TOUSEYPrivate First Class · February 25, 1968
- JOSEPH DEAN SEIBERTSergeant · March 6, 1968
- FRANK VINCENT HERRERASergeant · April 4, 1968
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.