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WILLIAM JAY ROBBINS
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
January 8, 1943 – February 6, 1967
Service recordWilliam Jay Robbins, of Absarokee, Montana, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on February 6, 1967, in South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 14E, Line 131 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 14E · Line 131
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
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 71 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV
- Born
- January 8, 1943
- Home of record
- Absarokee, Montana (Stillwater County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- February 6, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Non-hostile
- Category
- Accident
- Circumstance
- Helicopter Crash — crew
Context · from the records
What was happening
43 names on the Wall carry the date February 6, 1967. In February 1967, 767 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The unit recorded as “71 ASLT HEL CO 14 AVN BN AMER DIV”, his unit in the record, lost 2 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 14E, Line 131
- KENNETH JACK FLETCHERPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- MICHAEL CARL NEWMANSpecialist Four · February 6, 1967
- THOMAS MICHAEL NOWACKPrivate First Class · February 6, 1967
- KENNETH HANS RUDCaptain · February 6, 1967
Same unit, same day
- THOMAS MICHAEL NOWACKPrivate First Class · Panel 14E, Line 131
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.