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WILLIAM D ROBBINS
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
February 16, 1947 – December 4, 1966
Service recordWilliam D Robbins, of Hapeville, Georgia, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on December 4, 1966, in South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 13E, Line 12 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 13E · Line 12
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 INF DIV
- Born
- February 16, 1947
- Home of record
- Hapeville, Georgia (Fulton County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- December 4, 1966
- Age
- 19
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
20 names on the Wall carry the date December 4, 1966. In December 1966, 533 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 56 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 13E, Line 12
- CRAWFORD BRIAN PARISStaff Sergeant · December 4, 1966
- ALVIS OREN REEVESSergeant First Class · December 4, 1966
- OLIVER JOHN RIDDLEAirman Second Class · December 4, 1966
- WILLIAM VINCENT SHORTSSpecialist Four · December 4, 1966
Same unit, same day
- SAMUEL ADAMS JAMES JRFirst Lieutenant · Panel 13E, Line 10
- CRAWFORD BRIAN PARISStaff Sergeant · Panel 13E, Line 12
- ALVIS OREN REEVESSergeant First Class · Panel 13E, Line 12
From Hapeville
- KENNETH RONALD HUNTERCaptain · November 9, 1967
- ROBERT SMITH GRIFFITHStaff Sergeant · February 19, 1968
- HAROLD LEE WALTONLance Corporal · July 7, 1968
- CHARLES EUGENE SMITHCorporal · October 15, 1968
- ERIC EUGENE GITTENSSpecialist Five · November 2, 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.