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VAL CLARK ROBINSON
Sergeant · U.S. Army
November 6, 1947 – December 16, 1970
Service recordVal Clark Robinson, of Ogden, Utah, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on December 16, 1970, in Thua Thien Province, South Vietnam, at age 23. His name is inscribed on Panel 6W, Line 125 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 6W · Line 125
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
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Indirect Fire Infantryman (11C)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 101 AIRBORNE DIV
- Born
- November 6, 1947
- Home of record
- Ogden, Utah (Weber County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 16, 1970
- Age
- 23
- Province
- Thua Thien
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Other Accident
Context · from the records
What was happening
11 names on the Wall carry the date December 16, 1970; two of them were lost in Thừa Thiên Province. In December 1970, 271 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 101st Airborne Division, his unit in the record, lost 32 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 6W, Line 125
- STARR FREDERICK FRYESpecialist Five · December 16, 1970
- DAVID LEE GILMORSpecialist Four · December 16, 1970
- RONALD C WALTERSCorporal · December 16, 1970
- JOHN OWEN WARRENSergeant First Class · December 16, 1970
Same unit, same day
- ROBERT THOMAS CALLANSpecialist Four · Panel 6W, Line 124
- JOHN JOSEPH WILSONCaptain · Panel 6W, Line 126
From Ogden
- DARREL L PRICESpecialist Four · January 10, 1967
- LYNN ELMO HUNTERSergeant · February 26, 1967
- RANDOLPH BUCK WARDPrivate First Class · March 14, 1967
- RONALD LEE JOHNSONFirst Lieutenant · April 10, 1967
- VERNE DEWITT JOHNSON IIIPrivate First Class · October 27, 1967
- JOSEPH GARY VOGRINECPrivate First Class · January 29, 1968
- ROBERT KENT HORSPOOLPrivate First Class · March 31, 1968
- BRENT F WARDLance Corporal · May 6, 1968
- LAWRENCE FREDRICK BONDFirst Lieutenant · June 9, 1968
- FRANKLIN JOE HINERCaptain · June 25, 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.