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WILLIAM D ROBINSON JR
Captain · U.S. Army
May 3, 1937 – September 18, 1968
Service recordWilliam D Robinson JR, of Reisterstown, Maryland, served as a Captain in the U.S. Army. He died on September 18, 1968, in Vinh Binh Province, South Vietnam, at age 31. His name is inscribed on Panel 43W, Line 30 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 43W · Line 30
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Captain (CPT)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Operations And Training Staff Officer (G3,a3,s3) (2162)
- Unit (as recorded)
- MACV ADVISORS
- Born
- May 3, 1937
- Home of record
- Reisterstown, Maryland (Baltimore County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- September 18, 1968
- Age
- 31
- Province
- Vinh Binh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Explosive Device
Context · from the records
What was happening
42 names on the Wall carry the date September 18, 1968; he was the only one lost in Vinh Binh Province that day. In September 1968, 1,184 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
MACV Advisers, his unit in the record, lost 13 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 43W, Line 30
- STEVEN MICHAEL ORTPrivate · September 18, 1968
- JOSEPH SAROCAMSergeant First Class · September 18, 1968
- ALFRED M SCHROEDER JRFirst Lieutenant · September 18, 1968
- EUGENE SMITHSergeant · September 18, 1968
Same unit, same day
- RONALD LEWIS BROWNCorporal · Panel 43W, Line 25
- JOSEPH SAROCAMSergeant First Class · Panel 43W, Line 30
From Reisterstown
- JAMES RUSSELL HAMMERSLAFirst Lieutenant · December 17, 1968
- JAMES WILLIAM LEAFSpecialist Four · February 23, 1969
- WALTER CORBIN CARTERSpecialist Four · April 27, 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.