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WILLIAM RANDALL ROBISON
Specialist Four · U.S. Army
September 3, 1948 – July 14, 1971
Service recordWilliam Randall Robison, of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, served as a Specialist Four in the U.S. Army. He died on July 14, 1971, in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, at age 22. His name is inscribed on Panel 3W, Line 107 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 3W · Line 107
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
- Specialist Four (SP4)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- AMERICAL DIV
- Born
- September 3, 1948
- Home of record
- Lancaster, Pennsylvania (Lancaster County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 14, 1971
- Age
- 22
- Province
- Quang Ngai
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
One name on the Wall carry the date July 14, 1971; he was the only one lost in Quảng Ngãi Province that day. In July 1971, 118 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The Americal Division, his unit in the record, lost 11 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 3W, Line 107
- MICHAEL WATKINSPrivate · July 12, 1971
- ROY DEAN RUSSELLSergeant · July 13, 1971
- HOWARD JOHN BECKER JRFirst Lieutenant · July 15, 1971
- STEPHEN ANDREW BEDNARSpecialist Four · July 15, 1971
From Lancaster
- STEVEN HESS BOYERPrivate First Class · December 5, 1965
- JOSEPH EUGENE JACKSONSergeant · January 27, 1966
- MARTIN JAMES LACHERStaff Sergeant · April 3, 1966
- GEORGE ROBERT WEAVER JRPetty Officer Second Class · November 1, 1966
- PERCY LEROY CAMPBELLMajor · November 6, 1966
- CHESTER EARL ROWE JRCorporal · April 5, 1967
- JAY DONALD HERRCorporal · August 20, 1967
- GERALD LEE MCKINNEYPrivate First Class · November 22, 1967
- THOMAS EDWARD JENNINGSPrivate First Class · March 5, 1968
- HENRY GERALD GISHStaff Sergeant · March 11, 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.