LCPL. JAMES EDWARD ROBINSON

Born on Feb. 19, 1949
From WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE
Casualty was on Feb. 7, 1968
in QUANG TRI, SOUTH VIETNAM
HOSTILE, GROUND CASUALTY
GUN, SMALL ARMS FIRE

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LCpl. James Edward Robinson served with the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, M Co. He was Killed In Action during the 1968 TET Offensive when the Marines of M/3/5 were ambushed in a ville during a supposed "cease fire." His name stands proudly on the Mike 3/5 Wall of Honor. Semper Fi, Brother Marine. We will never forget.

7 February 1968

Aunt Daisy and the kids would come visit us in Ohio every summer; James Edward or Lil' Bubba, as we called him, was the oldest. He was built like a greek god, very athletic, would win foot races against anyone he came up against. Iremember he showed us how to make a sling shot, the kind you swirl over your head and sling it. He always spoke of leaving high school in order to jon the armed forces. He was our hero. I was 11 or 12 yrs. old when he enlisted. We were scared, yet proud. He never came home. I look back and think of his eagerness fight for his country. He will forever be my hero. Truly missed.

Emma Allgood-Gingery
first cousin