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TIMOTHY GEORGE ROBINSON
Corporal · U.S. Army
September 20, 1945 – April 19, 1968
Service recordTimothy George Robinson, of Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota, served as a Corporal in the U.S. Army. He died on April 19, 1968, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 51E, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 51E · Line 1
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)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- September 20, 1945
- Home of record
- Hoyt Lakes, Minnesota (St Louis County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 19, 1968
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
67 names on the Wall carry the date April 19, 1968; 12 of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In April 1968, 1,580 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 189 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 51E, Line 1
- DILLARD ERIC PETERSONLance Corporal · April 19, 1968
- CURTIS RAY RILEYPrivate First Class · April 19, 1968
- ARTURO RECIO RIOSSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
- CASIMIRO RODRIGUEZ JRSpecialist Four · April 19, 1968
Same unit, same day
- MELVIN LYNN KIRKSergeant · Panel 50E, Line 48
From Hoyt Lakes
- DALE FRANK OLMSTEADSergeant · October 21, 1969
- JOSEPH ROBERT NEHLCorporal · July 27, 1970
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.