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TOMMY LEE ROBINSON
Private First Class · U.S. Army
June 5, 1949 – March 11, 1969
Service recordTommy Lee Robinson, of Daytona Beach, Florida, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on March 11, 1969, in Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 29W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 29W · Line 13
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
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Field Artillery Basic (13A)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- June 5, 1949
- Home of record
- Daytona Beach, Florida (Volusia County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 11, 1969
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Tay Ninh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
70 names on the Wall carry the date March 11, 1969; ten of them were lost in Tây Ninh Province. In March 1969, 1,553 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 156 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 29W, Line 13
- DEAN RUSSELL ORNFirst Lieutenant · March 11, 1969
- THOMAS POLDINOSpecialist Four · March 11, 1969
- ROBIN WILLIAM RICHARDSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
- KENNETH JAMES ROBINSONPrivate First Class · March 11, 1969
Same unit, same day
- ROGER EDWARD DENNYSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 6
- WHITNEY T FERGUSON IIIPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 7
- MICHAEL JEROME GRUENWALDPrivate First Class · Panel 29W, Line 8
- STEPHEN HARDERSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 9
- JOHN RICHARD JACKSONSergeant · Panel 29W, Line 10
- HOWARD RAY THOMAS JRSpecialist Four · Panel 29W, Line 16
From Daytona Beach
- DAVID WESLEY BRANCHPrivate First Class · October 7, 1966
- RUDI HERMANN DUSCHEKSpecialist Five · April 12, 1967
- CHARLES MILLERPrivate First Class · April 17, 1967
- CHARLES EDWARD CHERRYStaff Sergeant · May 29, 1967
- LEEROY ELDRED PEEKSPrivate First Class · January 31, 1968
- ROBERT WAYNE PRINEFirst Lieutenant · February 12, 1968
- RONALD ELMER JOHNSStaff Sergeant · March 15, 1968
- RAYMOND ELLIS TIFFANYPrivate First Class · January 16, 1969
- ARTHUR WHORLOW SMITHSpecialist Five · April 22, 1969
- KENNETH LEWIS MCFALLCorporal · June 19, 1969
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.