Dallas Dean Robinson
Dallas Dean Robinson
US Army
Corporal
HHC Company, 46th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 198 Infantry Brigade
Born November 11, 1949 to Frank B and Ollie M. Robinson, Trade, TN
Died March 28, 1971
Robinson enlisted in the US Army on June 12, 1969 in Knoxville and after basic and advanced training arrived for duty in Vietnam on September 4, 1970. He was assigned to the HHC Company, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Brigade as a Medical Corpsman.
During Operation Middlesex Green on March 28, 1971, Fire Support Base Mary Ann, located some 7 kilometers northwest of Hau Duc in Quang Tin Province, came under a heavy mortar and sapper attack. The firebase was on a bull-dozed hilltop, which looked like a camel with two humps and was strategically placed to interrupt the movement of enemy troops and material the K- Corridor and the Dak Rose Trail (branches of the Ho Chi Minh trail) Originally intended to be a temporary base, it evolved into a more permanent location garrisoned by approximately 231 American soldiers at the time of the attack.
The base perimeter was breached by the enemy on March 28, 1971 and during the ensuing battle, thirty men were killed in the action before the enemy withdrew. One of the casualties was Cpl Dallas Robinson who was killed as a result of shrapnel wounds from a hostile explosive device.
Cpl Robinson received the Purple Heart and is buried in the Sunset Memorial Park, Mountain City, TN.
US Army
Corporal
HHC Company, 46th Infantry Regiment, 1st Battalion, 198 Infantry Brigade
Born November 11, 1949 to Frank B and Ollie M. Robinson, Trade, TN
Died March 28, 1971
Robinson enlisted in the US Army on June 12, 1969 in Knoxville and after basic and advanced training arrived for duty in Vietnam on September 4, 1970. He was assigned to the HHC Company, 1st Battalion, 46th Infantry Brigade as a Medical Corpsman.
During Operation Middlesex Green on March 28, 1971, Fire Support Base Mary Ann, located some 7 kilometers northwest of Hau Duc in Quang Tin Province, came under a heavy mortar and sapper attack. The firebase was on a bull-dozed hilltop, which looked like a camel with two humps and was strategically placed to interrupt the movement of enemy troops and material the K- Corridor and the Dak Rose Trail (branches of the Ho Chi Minh trail) Originally intended to be a temporary base, it evolved into a more permanent location garrisoned by approximately 231 American soldiers at the time of the attack.
The base perimeter was breached by the enemy on March 28, 1971 and during the ensuing battle, thirty men were killed in the action before the enemy withdrew. One of the casualties was Cpl Dallas Robinson who was killed as a result of shrapnel wounds from a hostile explosive device.
Cpl Robinson received the Purple Heart and is buried in the Sunset Memorial Park, Mountain City, TN.
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