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Casualty Info
Casualty Date May 08, 1972
Cause Non Hostile- Died Other Causes
Reason Air Loss, Crash - Sea
Location Vietnam, North (Vietnam)
Conflict Vietnam War
Location of Interment Arlington National Cemetery (VLM) - Arlington, Virginia
In anticipation of the execute order for Pocket Money, Robinson flew with his chief of staff, Captain Edmund Taylor Jr.; Operations Officer, Commander John M. Leaver, Jr.; and Aviation Officer, Commander M.L. "Marty" McCullough, from his flagship, USS Providence to USS Coral Sea, for an air and surface attack coordination meeting with Rear Admiral Damon W. Cooper, Commander, Attack Carrier Striking Force, Seventh Fleet. Later that evening, as the helicopter was attempting to land aboard Providence with the four men aboard, an engine failure caused it to crash into the Gulf of Tonkin. Robinson was recovered, but pronounced dead aboard the ship. McCullough survived the crash, along with the helicopter's crew; Taylor and Leaver were never found.
His remains were cremated and the ashes were spread at sea from USS Orleck off San Diego, California. Robinson's memorial cross is located in ArlingtonNationalCemetery, Section MF, Site 30-5.
Comments/Citation:
He also served aboard LST-601 from July 1947 until December 1947.
Other Navy schools attended:
Naval General Line School - 1948-1949
Fleet Sonar School - SanDIego, CA - September 1954 until November 1954
Fleet Sonar School - Key West, FL - June 1959 until August 1959
Fleet Anti-Warfare School - San Diego, CA - August 1968 until September 1968
